Pederin is a vesicant toxic amide with two tetrahydropyran rings found in the haemolymph of the Paederus genus of beetles including the Nairobi fly belonging to the Staphylinidae family. It was first characterized by processing 25 million field-collected P. fuscipes. It makes up approximately 0.025% of an insects weight (for P.
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