Insects’ self-defense methods

(1) camouflage. Insects often hide the body in the trunk of similar color, etc., such as beetles usually leaves a pair of sleep; some forest grasshopper Joe himself dressed as a leaf; some moth mimicry into the shape of leaves or bird droppings and nap; there insects there is a special protective coloration, such as the praying mantis, beetles, butterflies and moths, which colors and patterns close to nature, or, as the vertebrate eye. These "eye-shaped spots" usually hidden but only in danger when unfolded, the bird surprised.

(2) actions to avoid the enemy. Some insects will play dead when in distress or to jump to avoid the danger of such acts. Such as playing dead weevils distress does not move. Looper caterpillars will also feel the body curl, the body becomes stiff, like a dead insects. Usually only a few minutes played dead insects, worms, but there is a flood can continuously play dead eight hours. Grasshoppers and fleas jumping methods used to evade predators. Common grasshopper hop can jump 20 times longer than the distance between the body, fleas hop is his height 200 times the distance, enough to evade any attack.

(3) the use of chemical weapons. Like human use insect sprayer, some insects will use its chemical weapons to stop the enemy's attack. Such as ants can launch from behind formic acid; termite soldier head "spray"; cantharides beetle called that emits venom body can make the enemy body uncomfortable. Insect World is the most complex chemical weapons. This beetle's abdomen with realistic guns and turrets that can transmit to the surrounding chemical fogging agent, not only to defeat the enemy attacks, but also to each other aerosol glue sequelae.