Bugs Fight Back
Verb
destroy or cause great damage
Army ants send out raiding parties that decimate everything in their path. At night they set up temporary bivouacs.
Verb
defend somebody or something from harm
fending off
Cockroaches may hold the key to fending off dangerous bacterial infections. Potent chemicals found in the their brain were able to kill 90% of E. coli and MRSA in lab-based tests.
Cockroaches may hold the key to fending off dangerous bacterial infections. Potent chemicals found in the their brain were able to kill 90% of E. coli and MRSA in lab-based tests.
Noun
red and swollen, in response to injury or infection
Don't let the bedbugs bite. The salivary fluid injected by the parasitic insect causes the skin to become irritated and inflamed, and chronic attacks can lead to delusions of infestation.
Verb
take on appearance of another plant or animal
Stick-bugs are among the best camouflaged of all creatures. Besides a twig-like body, they further mimic vegetation with ridges resembling leaf veins and bark-like tubercles.
Noun
animal that hunts, kills, and eats other animals in order to survive
Camel spiders have been painted as large, venomous predators, with a voracious appetite for large mammals. However, the myths are untrue.
Verb
produce and release a substance
A threatened ladybug secretes an unappetizing substance to protect itself.
Noun
sharp piercing cry
When a predator approaches the colony, some of these bad boy bullet ants drop down onto it letting out a shriek before they do.
Adjective
producing a stinging or itching sensation
urticating
The Goliath Bird-eater is native to the rainforests of South America. They are covered in urticating hairs and their bite, used in self-defense, is comparable to a wasp’s sting.
The Goliath Bird-eater is native to the rainforests of South America. They are covered in urticating hairs and their bite, used in self-defense, is comparable to a wasp’s sting.