See Also: blister beetle(encyclopedia)
Beetle, blister(health)
Blister beetle(health)
blister beetle poisoning(medicine)
blister(2)(dictionary)
blister(encyclopedia)
Blister(health)
blister(1)(dictionary)
blister(medicine)
fly blister(medicine)

imperium (iou) and blister beetle (sh)


imperium (iou)



imperium noun. M17.
[Latin.]
Command; absolute power; supreme or imperial power; empire.
imperium in imperio a supreme authority within the jurisdiction of another authority.

blister beetle (sh)




Any of approximately 2,000 species of beetles (family Meloidae) that secrete an irritating substance, cantharidin, which is used medically as a topical skin irritant to remove warts.

In the past, cantharidin was often used to induce blisters, a common remedy for many ailments, and the dried remains of Spanish fly (Lytta vesicatoria) were a major ingredient in so-called love potions. Adult blister beetles, which are often brightly coloured, range between 0.1 and 0.8 in. (3-20 mm) in length. Blister beetles are both helpful and harmful to humans; the larvae eat grasshopper eggs, but the adults destroy crops.


Blister beetle (Lytta magister).

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