I collected 13 poisonous beetles thinking they were ants. 😳

Whoops. Contrary to what I say in the video, these were not queen ants at all, but "oil beetles". They excrete a poisonous orange oil that can painfully burn your skin on contact. Despite a large exposure to this oil, however, I luckily didn't notice any burns. I released them back into the wild after taking this video.

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