If you or your pet has swallowed blister beetles or products made with them, you need to call poison control as soon as possible. Their number is 1-800-222-1222.

The blister beetle is a family of toxic insects that live all around the world and cause skin damage to people upon making contact. With some 7,500 known species, their appearance varies widely in ...

Apr 26, 2018 — Blister beetles are common in many parts of the world, including the Northeast. Oily secretions from their joints can raise blisters on skin. The oil has other qualities.

In humans, cantharidin can cause painful blisters within 24 to 48 hours. But the threat of cantharidin continues in blister beetles, even if the blister beetle is dead.

Slade Franklin, weed and pest coordinator for the Wyoming Department of Agriculture, said he sent pictures of blister beetles to the state's 23 weed and pest districts in response to the Fremont ...

A: Blister beetle juice (cantharidin) has been used to treat warts for decades. This compound also is known as Spanish fly and was mistakenly thought to be an aphrodisiac.

The so-called "blister beetle" could be making a comeback in Wellington due to the warm summer weather. Photo: Google Images / Phil Bendle An Australian native, the lax beetle, releases a toxin ...

Slade Franklin, weed and pest coordinator for the Wyoming Department of Agriculture, said he sent pictures of blister beetles to the state's 23 weed and pest districts in response to the Fremont ...

Emanuel Jara, of Responsible Pest Control, said blister beetles have been in Arizona for years and usually leave people alone. "It is their season right now," said Jara.

Blister beetles are born with a mission: Infiltrate a bee’s nest. And they waste no time getting to work. The larvae emerge from their eggs by the hundreds, climb the nearest blade of grass and ...

PHOENIX, Arizona — It sounds like something out of a horror movie. A colorful beetle that may look harmless, but it secretes a toxin so strong, it can even kill a horse. When it comes into ...