Autohaemorrhaging
Videos
Autohaemorrhaging, or reflex bleeding, is the action of animals deliberately ejecting blood from their bodies. Autohaemorrhaging has been observed as occurring in two variations. In the first form, bl
Horned lizard showing evidence of autohaemorrhaging
A West Indian wood snake displaying autohaemorrhaging. The eyes are fully flooded with blood and some is emerging from the mouth.
An inactive prepupa Asian ladybeetle autohaemorrhaging, resulting from cannibalism by an adult of the same species.
Acanthoplus discoidalis
Videos
Acanthoplus discoidalis is a species in the Hetrodinae, a subfamily of the bush cricket or katydid family. Like its closest relatives, Acanthoplus discoidalis variously bears common names such as armo
Autohaemorrhaging
…contains cardiac glycosides, sequestered from milkweed on which they feed. Tettigoniidae (katydids and bush crickets), including Eugaster species and Acanthoplus discoidalis (armoured katydid, armoured bush cricket) Plecoptera: Stonefly larvae…
Greenarmorednamib
Acanthoplus discoidalis
Koringkriek in Fish River Canyon