One of the Blister Beetles, family Meloidae, played dead after I poked it with a pine needle. When squeezed, blister beetles exude blistering agents in a defensive tactic called reflex bleeding.
Blister beetle larvae hatch from the egg as active "triungulins" that scale flower stalks and then climb aboard a visiting solitary bee. Once in the bee's burrow the larva molts into a sedentary grub and feeds on pollen and nectar stored by the bee.
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