liewwk Nature Photography Blog
beetles order of coleoptera and it consist millions of species… it is cute and good to shoot as normally it is quite big in size …
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update 2013 Feb 5
update 2013 Jan 2
![... Dogbane Beetle [Chrysochus auratus] ...](https://i0.wp.com/farm9.staticflickr.com/8493/8336912536_01d590bc27.jpg?resize=500%2C333)
update 2012 Nov 23
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was my first experience shooting fireflies from top … look awesome … too bad the timelapse need more time to prepare .. so let me share the picture I capture …
will have more to share about fireflies .. and I think I fall in love with it …
a beetle that I meet few years back and found it again last year … but last year I saw it kill a wasp (too fast but saw a dead wasp after this beelte land on the same leaf )
make me check more on this beetle
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Staphyliniformia
Superfamily: Staphylinoidea
Family: Staphylinidae
from the government link … it stated
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The haemolymph in the beetle’s entire body (except the wings) contains the most poisonous animal contact toxin in the world called ‘pederin’ (C24 H43 O9 N) named in 1953. It is 12 times more poisonous than cobra venom ! Dried and stored rove beetle for 8 years still retained it’s toxicity !
from http://www.mpsp.gov.my/english/bulletin/RoveBeetle.htm
additional info
http://orcaquest-diary.blogspot.com/2009/04/beware-of-rove-beetle-poisonous-insect.html
http://www.alloexpat.com/malaysia_expat_forum/rove-beetle-invasion-warning-t22963.html
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