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There are thousands of different kinds of beetles in Maine. But only one — the blister beetle — produces a toxic chemical that causes skin blisters if touched, is fatal to livestock, was once a common ...

Blister beetles are named for a chemical contained in their bodies that causes blisters on sensitive human skin. When the leaves of tomato plants and other vegetables are stripped very quickly in late ...