Rove Beetle … dangerous ! ? …

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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