Crocata Blister Beetles on Opium Poppy Mylabris crocata

Mylabris crocata shown here on opium poppies in Kazakhstan is a blister beetle native to the Middle East and Central Asia through to China. Markings vary but are symmetrical.

Its bright red and black colouring show potential predators that it is toxic - it secretes an irritant like all blister beetles as a defence.