Striped blister beetle
The striped blister beetle is a slender black and yellow beetle that lives in eastern North America. It is a crop pest that can damage vegetable and field plants. Its body contains a poison that blisters skin and can kill livestock, so it should be left alone.1

ብኸመይ ትፈልጦ
- Adults are 9 to 17 millimetres long, long and slender, with a hairy body.1
- The body is black and yellow.1
- It has two black spots on the head and two black stripes on the thorax (the middle body section).1
- It has two or three black stripes on each wing cover. Northern beetles have two stripes and southern beetles have three.1
- Adults often form swarms that travel together.1
ሓይሊ መርዚ
ቆርበቱ መርዚ ኣለዎ። ምትንካፉ፣ ምልሓሱ ወይ ምብላዑ ሓደገኛ እዩ።
መርዙ (ምትንካፉ ወይ ምብላዑ) እንታይ ይገብር?
This beetle is poisonous rather than venomous, as it does not bite or sting. It contains cantharidin, a toxic compound that causes blistering of the skin and mucous membranes. In horses, a dose of about one milligram per kilogram of body weight is toxic, and eating 30 to 50 beetles can be fatal. Symptoms include blisters and ulcers of the mouth, pawing, stretching, diarrhoea, and low blood calcium and magnesium.1
ንሰባት ክንደይ ሓደገኛ እዩ?
ሓደጋ ንሰባት: ዘቐንዚብኣዝዩ ከቐንዚ ይኽእል፣ ግን ዳርጋ ፈጺሙ ከቢድ ኣይኮነን።Cantharidin has been known to cause deaths, particularly of horses. Even two to five beetles can cause colic in horses, and hay containing crushed beetles can make animals ill. Cattle and sheep are less affected but can still show some symptoms. Frogs that eat these beetles keep the poison, so eating frog legs from beetle-fed frogs could cause poisoning, as little as 200 grams could contain a potentially fatal dose.1
ሓደ ሰብ እንተ ተንኪፍዎ ወይ እንተ በሊዕዎ
- ሓደ ሰብ እንተ በሊዕዎ ወይ ድሕሪ ምብላዑ ምልክታት እንተ ኣርእዩ፦ ብኡንብኡ ናብ ቁጽሪ ህጹጽ ረድኤት ወይ ናብ ማእከል ሓበሬታ መርዚ ደውል።
ኩሉ ግዜ ቀዳምነት ናብ ቁጽሪ ህጹጽ ረድኤት ደውል (112፣ 000፣ 911)። እዚ ሓፈሻዊ መምርሒ ቀዳማይ ረድኤት እዩ፣ ሕክምናዊ ምኽሪ ኣይኮነን። መሰረታት ቀዳማይ ረድኤት
ብድሕንነት ጽናሕ
- ንዘገዳም እንስሳ ፈጺምካ ኣይትተንክፎ፣ ኣይትሓዞ ወይ ኣይተሕርቖ፣ ንእሽቶ እንተ ኾነ እውን፣ ደቂሱ ወይ ሞይቱ እንተ መሰለ እውን።
- ቦታ ሃቦ። እንተ ረኺብካዮ፣ ህዱእ ኹን፣ ቀስ ኢልካ ንድሕሪት ተመለስ፣ ናብ መገዱ ድማ ይኺድ ሕደጎ።
- እንተ ተንኪፍካዮ ወይ እንተ በሊዕካዮ፦ ኣዒንትኻ ወይ ኣፍካ ኣይትደርዝ፣ ኢድካ ሕጸብ፣ ሕክምናዊ ሓገዝ ድማ ርኸብ።
ንዓኻ ከጥቅዕ ኣይደልን እዩ። መርዙ ዘሎ ዋላ ሓደ ነገር ከይበልዖ ጥራይ እዩ። ብዛዕባ ድሕንነት ተወሳኺ
ክንደይ ዓቢ እዩ?
ክንደይ ይነውሕ?
ካብ ንእሽቶ ኣጻብዕካ ዝሓጽርStriped blister beetle ምሳኻ ክወዳደር ከሎ ክንደይ ዓቢ እዩ?
ኣብ ብራውዘርካ ዝስራሕ ሕሳብ ጥራይ። ዋላ ሓደ ነገር ኣይዕቀብን ናብ ዝኾነ ቦታ ድማ ኣይለኣኽን።
ክንደይ ቅልጡፍ እዩ?
ሓቅታት
Frogs can eat blister beetles without harm, but they store the poison in their tissues and mucus, so predators that eat the frogs can be poisoned.1
Its larvae live on grasshopper eggs, which they find and feed on.1
Some ecologists consider it one of the most problematic pest blister beetles in its range, because it feeds voraciously, damages fruit and forms swarms.1
The beetle changes its appearance as it develops. The newly hatched larva is whitish with long legs, and later becomes a reddish-brown grub with shorter legs.1
Predators include robber flies and birds such as the western meadowlark, eastern bluebird and scissor-tailed flycatcher.1
ንክኢላታት መርዚ
- ሳይንሳዊ ስም
- Epicauta vittata
- ጉጅለ
- ካልኦት መርዚ ዝሓዙ እንስሳታት
- ስድራ ቤት
- Meloidae2
- ቅደም ሰዓብ
- Coleoptera
- ክፍለ ዓለማት
- ሰሜን ኣመሪካ
- ህጻናት
- The female lays eggs in masses of 100 to 200 in a chamber a few centimetres deep in the soil, and each egg is about 2 millimetres long. The eggs hatch within 16 days, and there are one or two generations per year.1
- ሓደጋ ንሰባት
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ሓቅታት ካበይ ይመጹ
- Epicauta vittata (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Epicauta vittata (iNaturalist): ኣስማትን ምምዳብን።
- Venom Wiki: ደረጃ ሓደጋ፣ ልሙድ ዓቐንን ግምት ቅልጣፈን ናትና እዮም። ብኸመይ ከም እነውጽኦም ርአ፦ ሓደጋ ብኸመይ ንግምግም.
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