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spanish fly
The Spanish fly is an emerald-green beetle in the family Meloidae, ''Lytta vesicatoria''.〔From Greek ''lytta'', rage and Latin ''vesica'', blister.〕 Other species of blister beetles used by apothecaries are often called Spanish fly. ''L. vesicatoria'' is sometimes incorrectly called ''Cantharis vesicatoria'', but the genus ''Cantharis'' is in an unrelated family, Cantharidae.
Cantharidin (etymology: Greek ''kantharis'', beetle) is a powerful blister-inducing substance obtained from many blister beetles, and the molecule itself is sometimes given the nickname "Spanish fly". Cantharidin is claimed to have aphrodisiac properties, as a result of its irritant effects upon the body's genitourinary tract, and can result in poisoning if ingested. Ingestion of blister beetles from infested hay causes similar serious toxic symptoms in animals.
==Beetle==
''L. vesicatoria'' is long and wide. Adult beetles feed on leaves of ash, lilac, amur privet, and white willow trees; larvae are parasitic on the brood of ground-nesting bees, and lives on plants in the families Caprifoliaceae and Oleaceae. The beetle lives in scrublands and woods throughout southern Europe and eastward to Central Asia and Siberia.〔("Spanish fly." ) Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. The Gale Group, Inc, 2005. Answers.com 22 Nov. 2009.〕
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