Autohaemorrhaging or reflex bleeding is the action of insects deliberately ejecting haemolymph from themselves. If the insect has toxic compounds in their blood then it may be an effective chemical defense. Insects that autohaemorrhage include:^[1]

Contents 1 Beetles 2 Flies 3 Orthoptera 4 See also 5 References

[edit] Beetles

• Blister beetles
• Meloidae whose haemolymph contains cantharidin that they sequester from plants that they feed on.
• Timarcha species
• Chrysomelidae whose haemolymph contains anthraquinones.
• Ladybugs^[2]

[edit] Flies

• Sawfly larvae
• Stonefly larvae

[edit] Orthoptera

• Bushhoppers such as Dictyophora spumans and Phymateus leprosus whose haemolymph contains cardiac glycosides sequestered from milkweed on which they feed.
• Katydids including Eugaster species
• Armoured ground crickets
• Enyaliopsis nyala

[edit] See also

• Haemorrhage
• Autothysis

[edit] References