Bombardier beetles are ground beetles (Carabidae) in the tribes Brachinini, Paussini, Ozaenini, or Metriini—more than 500 species altogether—which are most notable for the defense mechanism that gives them their name: when disturbed, they eject a hot noxious chemical spray from the tip of their abdomen, with a popping sound. The spray is produ...
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(from the article `coleopteran`) ...appearance or from their evil-smelling or distasteful secretions, either in the form of exudations of blood from definite parts of the body or as ... The snail hunters (e.g., Scaphinotus) are a specialized group of ground beetles. Elongated, hook-shaped mouthparts allow them to extract the snail ... ...
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n] - beetle that ejects audibly a pungent vapor when disturbed
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noun beetle that ejects audibly a pungent vapor when disturbed
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Beetle that emits an evil-smelling fluid from its abdomen, as a defence mechanism. This fluid rapidly evaporates into a gas, which appears like a minute jet of smoke when in contact with air, and blinds the predator about to attack. Classification Bombardier beetles in genus
Brachinus, family Carabidae, order Coleoptera, clas...
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any ground beetle of the genus Brachinus, which ejects a puff of volatile fluid from its abdomen with a popping sound when disturbed.
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