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Red-striped oil beetle

Berberomeloe majalis

只是会疼不要触摸会疼，但不会对你造成严重伤害。

皮肤里有毒吃：植物碰了或吃了有毒，不注射毒液

The red-striped oil beetle is a large beetle, about 5 cm long, with bright red bands across its body. It lives in dry, sunny places around the western Mediterranean, including Portugal, Spain and North Africa. It is special because it can squirt a caustic liquid when it is attacked.1

有毒还是有毒液？有毒液的动物通过咬或蜇注入毒液。有毒的动物是碰了或吃了会受害。这一种是碰了或吃了有害的。

生活在

Portugal, the Mediterranean regions of Spain, and North Africa from Morocco to Tunisia1

欧洲, 非洲

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It lives in sunny, dry places, such as open grassland or woodland with light tree cover. It can be found from sea level up to 3000 m in the Sierra Nevada.1

长度

5 cm (2 in)1

最高速度

约 0.5 公里/小时（0.31 英里/小时）

在陆地上, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

Adults feed on pollen. The larvae are parasitic and live in the nests of solitary wild bees, where they eat the bee's egg and stored nectar and pollen.1

Red-striped oil beetle的照片 — Red-striped oil beetle。照片：gailhampshire。 CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎样认出它

Large, about 5 cm long1
Bright red bands around the body1
In Spain, some populations are entirely black with no red markings1
Black and red-striped beetles are found in separate areas and are equally poisonous1

毒力

皮肤里有毒

它的皮肤有毒。摸、舔或吃都很危险。

它的毒会造成什么？

When attacked, it can squirt a caustic liquid, the same defence used by other oil and blister beetles in the family Meloidae.1

它对人有多危险？

对人的危险: 很疼可能真的很疼，但几乎从不严重。

它害怕时会做什么？

When attacked, it squirts a caustic liquid, and its bright red bands warn predators of this.1

如果有人碰了或吃了它

如果有人吃了它，或吃后出现症状：立刻拨打急救电话或中毒急救中心。

一定先拨打你的急救电话（112、000、911）。这里是一般急救指导，不是医疗建议。急救基础

注意安全

永远不要摸、抓或逗弄野生动物，即使是很小的，即使它看起来在睡觉或已经死了。
给它留出空间。如果遇到它，保持冷静，慢慢后退，让它走自己的路。
如果你碰了或吃了它：不要揉眼睛或嘴巴，洗手并就医。

它不是冲着你来的。它的毒只是为了不被吃掉。更多安全知识

在世界哪里？

非洲亚洲欧洲北美洲南美洲澳大利亚和大洋洲

它有多大？

它有多长？

比你的小指还短

Red-striped oil beetle和你比起来有多大？

只是在你的浏览器里算一算。什么都不会被保存或发送到任何地方。

它有多快？

一只陆龟 约 0.3 公里/小时 (0.19 mph)

Red-striped oil beetle 约 0.5 公里/小时 (0.31 mph)

一个在走路的人 约 5 公里/小时 (3.1 mph)

值得了解

事实

If a larva picks a honey bee as its host, it dies in the hive.1

The larvae change form several times during development, which is called hypermetamorphosis.1

Unlike some related beetles, the first larval stage does not wait on a host. It actively searches for one.1

Its larvae are only about 3 mm long, far smaller than the adult beetle.1

Entirely black and red-striped beetles are equally poisonous.1

给毒液专家

学名: Berberomeloe majalis
类别: 其他有毒动物
家人: Meloidae2
排序: Coleoptera
大洲: 欧洲, 非洲
宝宝: The female lays between 2000 and 10000 eggs, but most fail to reach maturity because of lack of food or predators.1
对人的危险: 2 / 5: 很疼3