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Yellow-banded Blister Beetle (Mylabris phalerata) feeding on hibiscus plant : (pix Sanjiv Shukla) #270999549
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Yellow-banded blister beetle (Mylabris phalerata) belongs to the family Meloidae. 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