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Meloidae.Com - English
URL: http://www.meloidae.com/

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A page of Stanislav Krejcik presenting Meloidae beetles photos, Coleoptera-related links, and beetles exchange base for enthomology lovers.

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Blister beetles (Meloidae) - English
URL: http://www.zin.ru/Animalia/Coleoptera/eng/income.htm

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Blister Beetles - English
URL: http://ipmwww.ncsu.edu/AG295/html/blister_beetles.htm

Some species of blister beetles feed on flowers but most species are strictly foliage feeders. This latter group feeds gregariously, occasionally damaging foliage and stunting plant growth.

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Blister Beetles in Alfalfa, MF-959 - English
URL: http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/library/entml2/samplers/mf959.htm

Insects in the family Meloidae are commonly referred to as blister or oil beetles. Different species vary in size and color, but most are easily recognized by their elongated, narrow, cylindrical, soft bodies. Viewed from above, blister beetles have an accentuated neck, caused by a constriction between the back of the head and the narrow anterior end of the thorax. Although adult blister beetles feed on plant foliage, the larvae of some common species (genus Epicauta) feed on grasshopper eggs.

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Blister Beetles in Forage Crops - English
URL: http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/insect/05524.html

Blister beetles produce cantharidin, which is toxic to people and animals. For centuries, cantharidin was prescribed as a cure for a variety of ailments. Spanishfly or cantharis, a preparation of dried meloid beetles, was thought to cure gout, carbuncles, rheumatism and many other medical disorders, in addition to its use as an aphrodisiac.

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Slider.com Encyclopeadia: blister beetle - English
URL: http://www.slider.com/enc/7000/blister_beetle.htm

The Spanish fly (Lytta vesicatoria), a bright green or bluish blister beetle, is a common S European species from which cantharides are extracted and commercially prepared by crushing the wing covers (elytra) of the adults.

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Family Identification - Meloidae - English
URL: http://eny3005.ifas.ufl.edu/lab1/Coleoptera/Meloid.htm

Identifying characteristics for the family Meloidae.

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Blister beetle - English
URL: http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/sci/A0807908.html

Short description.

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Mylabris - English
URL: http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/coleoptera/meloidae/mylabris/index.

List of species.

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Meloe - English
URL: http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/coleoptera/meloidae/meloe/index.htm

List of species.

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Lytta - English
URL: http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/coleoptera/meloidae/lytta/index.htm

List of species.

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Insects Important to Agriculture in Georgia: blister - English
URL: http://www.gaipm.org/top50/blister.html

Family Meloidae: description, hosts, damage, Life cycle, control.

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Blister beetle. The Columbia Encyclopedia - English
URL: http://www.bartleby.com/65/bl/blisterb.html

Common name for certain soft-bodied, usually black or brown, mostly elongate and cylindrical beetles belonging to the family Meloidae. Blister beetles are common insects found feeding on the flowers and foliage of various plants.

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Blister Beetles in Alfalfa - English
URL: http://www.cahe.nmsu.edu/pubs/_circulars/circ536.html

Several valuable horses and other livestock have died after being fed alfalfa hay contaminated with bodies or parts of blister beetles. This publication provides information on the veterinary and agronomic importance, distinguishing features, biology, and the distribution and control of this group of insects. Recommendations for the purchase and use of alfalfa hay by horsemen and other livestock owners are also given.

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Blister Beetles (Family Meloidae) - English
URL: http://www.bugpeople.org/taxa/Coleoptera/Meloidae/FamilyMeloidaePage.htm

Description, Biology, Importance, Associated Taxa, Images.

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Checklist: South African Blister Beetles (Coleoptera: Meloidae) - English
URL: http://www.rhodes.ac.za/academic/departments/zooento/Martin/meloidae.html

Colour photos.

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Family Meloidae (Blister Beetles) - English
URL: http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/citybugs/Taxa/Coleoptera/Meloidae/FamilyMeloidaePage

Insects of the San Francisco Bay Area, University of California, Berkeley.

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