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Calleida viridipennis? - Apenes lucidula
Copyright © 2011 J. Anderson

Calleida viridipennis? - Apenes lucidula
Swannanoa, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
June 11, 2011
Size: ~10mm
I saw this at my blacklight, caught it, saw something else that I wanted to take a picture of, and stupidly having no container readily on hand, held it between my lips (I needed both hands for my camera. Immediately I felt a burning feeling on my lips. I took him out, and ~30 seconds later the burning feeling changed to a tingly numb-ish feeling. Now, ~10 minutes later the feeling is just beginning to fade.
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Contributed by J. Anderson on 11 June, 2011 - 8:36pm
Last updated 1 May, 2015 - 8:24am

Moved
Moved from Ground Beetles.
… v belov, 11 June, 2011 - 9:23pm login or register to post comments

 
I knew it was something else
I knew it was something else I'd seen before... Thanks =v=
… J. Anderson, 12 June, 2011 - 6:28am login or register to post comments

now there is a small patch of
now there is a small patch of white (I think dead) skin on my lip ~1hr & 45 min after.
… J. Anderson, 11 June, 2011 - 9:09pm login or register to post comments

 
Congratulations,
Your recorded oral act ranks you among the elite enthusiasts alongside Darwin.
… Peter W. Messer, 12 June, 2011 - 8:32am login or register to post comments

 
haha
Thanks Dr. Messer. I think I'll pass on the meloids, as I've heard of them even making horses sick....
… J. Anderson, 24 June, 2011 - 10:25pm login or register to post comments

 
:)
Beetles have a plethora of defensive chemicals, especially ground beetles. I hope you never do that with a blister beetle! And nice beetle btw.
… Brad Barnd, 11 June, 2011 - 9:44pm login or register to post comments

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