Bombardier beetle
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bombardier-beetle-161-4523128
title:
Bombardier beetle
text:
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 the abdomen with a popping sound. The spray is produced from a reaction between two hypergolic chemical compounds, hydroquinone and hydrogen peroxide, which are stored in two reservoirs in the beetle's abdomen.
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Beetles that emit a spray when threatened
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardier_beetle
date created:
2003-05-28T13:09:09Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T04:17:29Z
main entity:
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Brachinus_spPCCA20060328-2821B.jpg","width":512,"height":366}
fields total:
13
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16