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BLOODY-NOSED BEETLE

  • Writer: Wildlife Friendly Otley
    Wildlife Friendly Otley
  • Jun 17, 2020
  • 1 min read

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This remarkable name derives from their defensive mechanism: they squirt foul-tasting red drops from their mouths when threatened. This liquid is hemolymph, which circulates blood-like in the bodies of invertebrates. The beetles release it by breaking membranes in their mouth. They are flightless and largely nocturnal. Another name is Blood Spewer.

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