aposematically
|
||||||||||||||
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||
Stockphotos.ro (c) 2024. All stock photos are provided by Dreamstime and are copyrighted by their respective owners.
aposematically |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| navigate by keyword : agent animal animals antenna antennas aposematically beetle beetles big black blister blistering blisters body botanical bug bugs cantharidin chemical chemicals close closeup coleoptera color colored colors conspicuous danger dangerous defense defensive detail detailed details eyes face flower flowers fly food garden head insect insects legs limbs macro meloidae nature neck poisonous predator predators search searching secretion secretions segment segments skin spanish toxic toxicity venom venomous wing wings yellow |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Blister beetles are beetles (Coleoptera) of the family Meloidae, so called for their defensive secretion of a blistering agent, cantharidin. Many are conspicuous and some aposematically colored, announcing their toxicity to would-be predators. Cantharidin is a poisonous chemical that causes blistering of the skin. |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Stockphotos.ro (c) 2024. All stock photos are provided by Dreamstime and are copyrighted by their respective owners. |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||