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Black oil beetle

Meloe proscarabaeus

只是會痛不要碰會痛，但不會對你造成嚴重傷害。

皮膚裡有毒有毒（碰或吃會中毒），不是有毒液

The black oil beetle is a European beetle with an unusual life. It lives in meadows, field edges and other warm places in most of the continent, except the far north. Its young get a ride to a bee's nest, where they feed on the bee's eggs and food stores.1

有毒還是有毒液？有毒液的動物會用咬或螫把毒液注入身體。有毒的動物則是碰到或吃下去會有害。這種動物是有毒的（碰或吃會中毒）。

分布在

Europe, in meadows, field margins and other warm sites in all but the far north of the continent1

歐洲, 亞洲

首頁

Meadows, field margins and other warm sites.1

長度

2,5 cm (1 in)3

一般成體大小

最高速度

大約 0,5 km/h（0,31 mph）

在陸地上, 粗略估計

牠吃什麼？

The larvae climb onto solitary bees using their strong claws, ride back to the bee's nest, and feed on the bee's eggs and the pollen and nectar the bee has collected.1

Black oil beetle 的照片 — Black oil beetle。照片：Soproni János。 CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎麼認出牠

Adults have no hind wings1
The wing covers (elytra) are much shorter than normal for a beetle1

毒素力量

皮膚裡有毒

牠的皮膚有毒。碰、舔或吃牠都很危險。

牠對人有多危險？

對人的危險: 疼痛可能會非常痛，但幾乎從來不會很嚴重。

如果有人碰了或吃了牠

如果有人吃了牠，或吃了之後出現症狀：立刻打緊急電話或打給毒物諮詢中心。

一定要先打緊急電話（112、000、911）。這是一般急救指引，不是醫療建議。急救基本知識

注意安全

絕對不要碰、抓或捉弄野生動物，就算是很小的動物，就算牠看起來在睡覺或已經死了也一樣。
給牠空間。如果遇到了，保持冷靜，慢慢往後退，讓牠自己離開。
如果你碰了或吃了牠：不要揉眼睛或摸嘴巴，把手洗乾淨，並且就醫。

牠不是想來抓你。牠的毒只是為了不讓別的動物吃掉牠。更多安全知識

在世界上的哪裡？

非洲亞洲歐洲北美洲南美洲澳洲與大洋洲

牠有多大？

牠有多長？

大約跟一根迴紋針一樣長

Black oil beetle 跟「你」比起來有多大？

只是在你的瀏覽器裡做算術。什麼都不會儲存，也不會傳送到任何地方。

牠有多快？

一隻陸龜 大約 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Black oil beetle 大約 0,5 km/h (0,31 mph)

一個正在走路的人 大約 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

值得知道

小知識

The larvae can attract bees without a flower by producing a flowery scent, even when they are outside a flower.1

The larvae use well-developed claws to attach themselves to a visiting bee and travel back to its nest.1

Inside the bee's nest, the larva eats the bee's eggs and the pollen and nectar the bee has stored.1

The author Gerald Durrell describes this beetle's life cycle in detail in his autobiographical book My Family and Other Animals.1

After it leaves the bee's nest as an adult, it seeks a mate straight away.1

給毒液專家

學名: Meloe proscarabaeus
類群: 其他有毒動物
家人: Meloidae2
排序: Coleoptera
各大洲: 歐洲, 亞洲
寶寶: Females lay eggs in the soil. The larvae hatch and climb into a flower to wait for solitary bees. After feeding in the bee's nest, the larva pupates there and leaves to seek a mate.1
對人的危險: 2 / 5: 疼痛3