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I thank all the contributors of Nature NS for helping educate the rest of u=
s. Interesting facts. Thanks Rick. Lynne Perry.=20
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From: ideaphore@gmail.com
Date: Mon=2C 31 May 2010 18:22:39 -0300
Subject: [NatureNS] NNS AGM - Floodplain walk - Blister Beetle
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
On the walk along the Glenelg=2C St. Mary's River floodplain with Bob Bancr=
oft I took this photo of a large flightless Blister Beetle digging in the s=
and. In fact its head is buried in the sand. There was some discussion at t=
he time as to whether it was a beetle=2C since it does not have the usual f=
ull wing covers. I sent a short note off to www.whatsthisbug.com last night=
and got an answer this morning.
Luckily no one picked it up...Wikipedia says the following:
"They are known as "oil beetles" because they release oily droplets of hemo=
lymph from their joints when disturbed=3B this contains cantharidin=2C a po=
isonous chemical causing blistering of the skin and painful swelling."
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Rick Ballard=20
Dartmouth=2CNova Scotia=2C Canada=20
http://www.ideaphore.com
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