Nick Upton / A very toxic Blister beetle (Mylabris variabilis) with warning colouration, feeding on Hawkweed (Hieracium sp) flower, Port Cros Island National Park, Hyeres archipelago, France, May.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Yellow Meloid / Blister Beetle (Mylabris variabilis) on flower feeding on pollen. Italy, Europe.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Yellow Meloid / Blister Beetle (Mylabris variabilis) on purple flower feeding on pollen. Italy, Europe.

Nick Upton / Blister beetle (Mylabris quadripunctata) hovering near another before landing nearby, Lesbos, Greece

Nick Upton / A highly poisonous Blister beetle (Mylabris quadripunctata) with red and black warning colouration cleaning a leg with its mandibles, Lesbos, Greece

Nick Upton / Blister beetle (Mylabris variabilis) feeding on Bindweed flower, Spanish Pyrenees, Spain

Piotr Naskrecki / Blister Beetle (Mylabris sp) with aposematic coloration to warn predators of its toxins, Goegap Nature Reserve, Northern Cape, South Africa

Ashok Jain / Orange blister beetle (Mylabris pustulata) on Waterlily, India

PREMAPHOTOS / Warning colours and mating behaviour in blister beetles {Mylabris oculata} South Africa

PREMAPHOTOS / Jewel beetle {Agelia peteli} mimics Oil beetle {Mylabris oculata} South Africa

Ashok Jain / Orange blister beetles {Mylabris pustulata} on hibiscus flower, Delhi ridge forest, India

Kim Taylor / Blister beetle (Mylabris oculata) portrait, Namibia, Africa