Anisomorpha buprestoides

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Anisomorpha buprestoides

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defense mechanism

In orthopteran: Defense
(Anisomorpha buprestoides) sometimes forcibly ejects a milky fluid that is extremely irritating if introduced into the human eye. This species has a pair of circular pores on the thorax leading to reservoirs of the fluid; each reservoir has circular muscles that permit ejection of fluid…
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