Pyrota insulata

Pyrota insulata, sometimes known by the common name yellow-crescent blister beetle, is a blister beetle, so called because if squeezed, it can produce an irritant called cantharidin that causes a blister on exposed human skin.

Pyrota insulata
Yellow-crescent blister beetle (Pyrota insulata) in the USA
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Meloidae
Genus: Pyrota
Species:
P. insulata
Binomial name
Pyrota insulata
LeConte, 1858

Distribution

Pyrota insulata is found in the USA (mainly in Texas, Arizona and Wyoming) and Mexico.

Description

Pyrota insulata grows to a size of about 2 cm.

References


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