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This list of reptiles of Texas includes the snakes, lizards, crocodilians, and turtles native to the U.S. state of Texas.. Texas has a large range of habitats, from swamps, coastal marshes and pine forests in the east, rocky hills and limestone karst in the center, desert in the south and west, mountains in the far west, and grassland prairie in the north.
Eleodes (commonly known as pinacate beetles or desert stink beetles) is a genus of darkling beetles, in the family Tenebrionidae. [1] They are endemic to western North America ranging from southern Canada to central Mexico with many species found along the Mexico-United States border . [ 2 ]
Poison sumac is commonly found in bogs, pocosins and ditches in the eastern part of the state. Getty Images/iStockphoto. Poison Sumac. ... you can call Texas Poison Control at (800) 222-1222 to ...
The beetles' glands store enough hydroquinone and hydrogen peroxide to allow the beetle to release its chemical spray roughly 20 times. In some cases this is enough to kill a predator. [ 6 ] The main component of the beetle spray is 1,4-benzoquinone, an irritant to the eyes and the respiratory system of vertebrates.
The probability of a beetle guarding is dependent on both the sex ratio and the size of an individual. A larger beetle is more likely to guard than a smaller beetle because smaller beetles require more energy to maintain guarding and are thus unable to compete with larger beetles, so the smaller beetles get little marginal benefit by guarding.
Poisonous fireworms were spotted along the Texas coast recently, with the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies documenting the unique sighting online.
Many other beetles, including ladybirds, blister beetles, and lycid beetles secrete distasteful or toxic substances to make them unpalatable or poisonous, and are often aposematic, where bright or contrasting coloration warn off predators; many beetles and other insects mimic these chemically protected species.
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