Orange blister beetle
Nemognatha piazata
The orange blister beetle is a North American beetle that visits flowers. It belongs to the blister beetles, a family with a clever defence. Their body juice can make a sore blister on skin, so hungry animals learn to leave them alone.
Lives in
North America, in fields and meadows with flowers
Can it hurt you?
Better not touch
Do not pick it up. Like other blister beetles, its body juice can make a sore blister on your skin. If you touch one, wash your hands.
What does it eat?
The grown-ups visit flowers to feed.
How fast is it?
A garden snail about 0.05 km/h (0.03 mph)
A tortoise about 0.3 km/h (0.19 mph)
Orange blister beetle about 0.5 km/h (0.31 mph)
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
Scientists split it into three subspecies, slightly different groups of the same beetle.
2
It was first described in 1798 by Johan Christian Fabricius.
3
Blister beetles are named after the blisters their body juice can cause.
you asked
Most asked questions about Orange blister beetle
?Is the orange blister beetle dangerous?
Looking at it is fine, but its body juice can make a sore blister on skin. Do not touch it, and wash your hands if you do.
?Where does the orange blister beetle live?
In North America.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Nemognatha piazata
- Named by
- Fabricius, 1798
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Meloidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Meloidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Nemognatha piazata (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Judy Gallagher. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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