This beetle found in Maine produces a blister-causing chemical that can kill a horse

Bangor daily news ^ | 12 Aug 2021 | Julia Bayly

[DUMBGRUNT]

If you go down in the woods today...

Better wear a space suit.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Does Fauci hold any patents on the beetles?

[RoosterRedux]

Well, that does it. I won’t take my horse to Maine this summer for vacation.;-)

[HighSierra5]

Release them in congress.

[NicoDon]

Best comment this week. Two thumbs up!

[mewzilla]

And make it pay per view to help pay off our frickin debt.

[sport]

The poor beetle won’t stand a chance among that bunch. Mam eating sharks and woman eating sharks also avoid them out of fear of getting indestigestion .

[cnsmom]

Among other places.

[vetvetdoug]

These beetles are ubiquitous in the SE US. I attended several horses that ate the beetles in hay and the outcome was not positive.

[DUMBGRUNT]

—”Release them in congress.”

Not sure it will have any effect?

Congress is chock-full of dung beetles.

Yes, I know that real dung beetles serve a useful purpose in the ecosystem, unlike congress.

[Salamander]

:’(

[Zionist Conspirator]

Anyone who has ever grown tomatoes or potatoes has seen plenty of "blister bugs." They look like lightning bugs except larger and of an off-color, and there's nothing new or scary about them--unless this is some sort of newly-discovered species.

I've been blistered by them. They create huge water blisters, but the blisters are (or were in my case) painless and do no permanent harm. I wouldn't go out of my way to catch one, but they're hardly anything to be terrified of.

I was shocked when I read they can kill a horse, but apparently this is only by ingestion. I had the impression if a horse touched one it was dead.

[DUMBGRUNT]

__” won’t take my horse to Maine this summer for vacation”

Not to worry.
Simply double up on the mask for your horse.

[Boogieman]

“four young men were treated in Pennsylvania after drinking Kool-Aid they had laced with cantharidin. They had planned to give the concoction to a woman one of them was dating.”

Instant karma’s gonna get you...

[Vaquero]

I think the device used on the Romulan senate in Star Trek Nemesis (a mediocre Star Trek movie) should suffice.

[Vaquero]

Bill Cosby? Is that you?

[DUMBGRUNT]

—” but apparently this is only by ingestion”

I would not want to jump the gun on this one.

Probably best to wait for an “official government scientist”?

An edict from the CDC would be best.

But the tomato in my garden should be safe?
Tomato leaves might even slow the beetles down?

[Old Yeller]

Well, that does it. I won’t take my horse to Maine this summer for vacation.;-)

Take your little filly to Bermuda. The cabana jockeys will take care of her.

[attiladhun2]

All Star Trek flicks are now mediocre.