yellow banded blister beetle mylabris phalerata feeding hibiscus plant pix sanjiv shukla
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| Yellow-banded blister beetle (Mylabris phalerata) is a species of blister beetle, belonging to Meloidae family. Also known as Chinese blister beetle or banded blister beetle it is used in traditional Chinese medicine. They are called blister beetle for their defensive secretion of a blistering agent, cantharidin. Many of its species are conspicuous, but some are aposematically colored, announcing their toxicity to would-be predators |
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