There will be blood: autohaemorrhage behaviour as part of the defence repertoire of an insect

Armoured ground crickets Acanthoplus discoidalis (Bradyporidae) have an arsenalof defence mechanisms in response to attack. Males but not females can stridulatewhen attacked, while both sexes will bite and regurgitate upon provocation. Theywill also autohaemorrhage. Here we have quantified these res...

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Main Authors: Bateman, Bill, Fleming, P.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2009
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Online Access:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-7998.2009.00582.x/abstract;jsessionid=9A2420CDD0EC2C547FD3EBD0189984DF.f04t04
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11834