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Definition of Blister beetle
1. Noun. Beetle that produces a secretion that blisters the skin.
Generic synonyms: Beetle
Group relationships: Family Meloidae, Meloidae
Specialized synonyms: Oil Beetle, Spanish Fly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blister Beetle
Literary usage of Blister beetle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Beetles by James Duncan (1858)
"CANTHARIS VESICATORIA, OR blister beetle. PLATE XIX. FIG. 3. ... This is the
well-known Blister-beetle, or Spanish fly. It is entirely of a golden green, ..."
2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1878)
"4 and the Margined Blister-beetle (marginata Fabr.) just alluded to. Careful
examination of locust eggs in the vicinity of potato fields frequented by these ..."
3. Elementary Lessons in Zoology: A Guide in Studying Animal Life and Structure by James George Needham (1895)
"THE BLACK blister beetle. (Epicauta.) Haunts. — This beetle is very common in
autumn, and is very easily collectible. It will answer well for class use, ..."
4. Annual Report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the by Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.), United States General Land Office, United States Dept. of the Interior (1877)
"ag on beet« ami liable to devour potatoes ; a light-gray blister-beetle, spotted
with ; destructive about Manitou, Coio. bile none of the preceding species ..."
5. The New England Farmer by Samuel W. Cole (1869)
"The striped blister beetle is almost exclusively a southern species, occuring
some years very abundantly. This beetle is said to take all other varieties of ..."
6. Insects Injurious to Vegetables by Frank Hurlbut Chittenden (1907)
"The Striped blister beetle (Epicauta vittata Fab.).—Before the advent of the
Colorado beetle this was considered the most Fig. 36.— Striped blister beetle ..."
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