Cissites Auriculata
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''Cissites auriculata'', the big-eared blister beetle, is a species of
blister beetle Blister beetles are beetles of the family Meloidae, so called for their defensive secretion of a blistering agent, cantharidin. About 7,500 species are known worldwide. Many are conspicuous and some are aposematically colored, announcing their ...
in the family Meloidae. It is found in the
Caribbean The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraïbe; ht, Karayib; nl, De Caraïben) is a region of the Americas that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Se ...
and Central America.


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* * Meloidae Articles created by Qbugbot Beetles described in 1892 {{meloidae-stub