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Let them grow beautiful : Celebration of World Environment Day, June 5, 2013. [ Explored # 1 on~ 5.6.13 ]

Blister beetles are beetles (Coleoptera) of the family Meloidae, so called for their defensive secretion of a blistering agent, cantharidin. There are approximately 7500 known species worldwide.Cantharidin is used medically to remove warts. The photo was taken at Kalpa, Himachal Pradesh, India.Camera Sony DSC H5.

 

 

 

 

 

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Uploaded on June 5, 2013
Taken on June 6, 2011

Let them grow beautiful : Celebration of World Environment Day, June 5, 2013. [ Explored # 1 on~ 5.6.13 ]

Blister beetles are beetles (Coleoptera) of the family Meloidae, so called for their defensive secretion of a blistering agent, cantharidin. There are approximately 7500 known species worldwide.Cantharidin is used medically to remove warts. The photo was taken at Kalpa, Himachal Pradesh, India.Camera Sony DSC H5.

 

 

 

 

 

18,938 views
445 faves
87 comments
Uploaded on June 5, 2013
Taken on June 6, 2011
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