Does anyone know what Spanish Fly is?

Question

If you know what it is, what does it do? Have you ever tried it? Where can I get some?

Answer 1

The Spanish fly is an emerald-green beetle in the family Meloidae, Lytta vesicatoria. It is 15 mm to 22 mm long and 5 mm to 8 mm wide, and lives on plants in the families Caprifoliaceae and Oleaceae. The beetle contains up to 5% cantharidin which irritates animal tissues. The crushed powder of Spanish fly is of yellowish brown to brown-olive color with iridescent reflections, of disagreeable scent and bitter flavor.

Spanish fly, or cantharides as it is sometimes called, is often given to farm animals to incite them to mating. The cantharides excreted in the urine irritate the urethral passages, causing inflammation in the genitals and subsequent priapism. For this reason, Spanish fly has been given to humans for purposes of seduction. It is dangerous since the amount required is minuscule and the difference between the effective dose and the harmful dose is quite narrow. Cantharides cause painful urination, fever, and sometimes bloody discharge. They can cause permanent damage to the kidneys and genitals.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_fly_(insect)

Answer 2

Spanish Fly is a substance, perfected mixture 100% herbal and has been proven to increase libido up to 300% and increases the pleasure of touch by up to 230%. It works within five minutes and increases the chance of multiple orgasms. This helps increase the level of the hormone which is responsible for the stimulation of libido, and which may have been reduced in time. The main constituents are canitis, melatonin, fructose and water. These herbal ingredients cause no side effect and the best thing about this is that, it can be used by both the sexes equally. This product is 100% natural and meets all the regulations of the FDA making it very safe for use.

Answer 3

Spanish fly, or cantharides as it is sometimes called, is often given to farm animals to incite them to mating.[3] The cantharides excreted in the urine irritate the urethral passages, causing inflammation in the genitals and subsequent priapism. For this reason, Spanish fly has been given to humans for purposes of seduction. It is dangerous since the amount required is minuscule and the difference between the effective dose and the harmful dose is quite narrow. Cantharides cause painful urination, fever, and sometimes bloody discharge. They can cause permanent damage to the kidneys and genitals.

Answer 4

it is a old school way of saying aphrodisiac.
like oysters,choc late.....exct to get one in the mood
back in the day it use to be like a drug I think,which is totally illegal to give some one a Spanish fly and not tell them
like a date drug is worst...and people need to respect each other and stop all the pre marratial intercourse.

Answer 5

Spanish fly is the name of a chicano rap group, as well as a jazz group. It's also the name of an alcoholic mix, and a 'rape drug'

Answer 6

It is dried spanich blister beatles. they use it for making red dye. It is poisonous. It is not an aphrodesiac. It can make you very sick.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_fly
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http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/CAL_CAR/CANTHARIDES_or_SPANISH_FLIES.html

Taken internally in any but minute doses, the drug causes the most severe gastro-intestinal irritation, the vomited and evacuated matters containing blood, and the patient suffering agonizing pain and extreme depression . The further characteristic symptoms are displayed in the genito-urinary )
tract . The drug circulates in the blood in the
form of an albuminate and is slowly excreted by the kidneys . The effect of large doses is to cause
great pain in the renal region and urgent wish to micturate . The urine is nevertheless small in amount and contains albumen and blood owing to the local inflammation produced in the
kidney by the passage of the
poison through that
organ . The drug often has a marked aphrodisiac action, producing priapism, or in the female sex the onset of the catamenia or abortion . Cantharides is used externally for its counter-irritant action . There are certain definite contra-indications to its use . It must not be employed in cases of renal disease, owing to the risks attendant upon absorption . It must always be employed with caution in the
case of elderly persons and
children; and it must not be applied to a paralysed
limb, nor to parts upon which the patient lies, as other
wise a bed-sore is likely to follow its use . The drug is administered internally in certain cases of impotence and occasionally in other conditions .

Its criminal employment is usually intended to heighten sexual
desire, and has frequently led to death . The toxic symptoms have already been detailed, the patient usually dying from
arrest of the renal functions . The treatment is far from satisfactory, and consists in keeping up the strength and diluting the poison in the blood and in the urine by the administration of bland fluids, such as soda-water,milk and
plain water, in quantities as large as possible . External warmth should also be applied to the regions specially affected by the drug .
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http://merckmedicus.com/pp/us/hcp/thcp_dorlands_content.jsp?pg=/ppdocs/us/common/dorlands/dorland/dmd_c_05.htm

cantharidin (can·thar·i·din) (kan-thar´ĭ-din) a bitter-tasting crystalline substance, the lactone of cantharidic acid and the most important active principle of cantharides; it is also found in the bodies of other beetles such as Epicauta. On human skin it produces blistering; consumption of the dead bodies of the beetles in hay or other feed can be lethal to farm animals
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If you are thinking of slipping this into somebodies drink or taking it yourself, quit thinking like a total jerk. If you think like that you should be locked up.

IT IS A VERY DANGEROUS POISON.
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Answer 7

David,

Next time do what Rachel and Martha did, go to wikopedia

Answer 8

i thought spanish fly was the name of a chicano rap artist???