What is Aularches miliaris?
Q: What is Aularches miliaris?
A: Aularches miliaris is a grasshopper found in south and southeast Asia.
Q: How is Aularches miliaris protected?
A: Aularches miliaris is protected by powerful chemical defences and its warning colour signals its foul taste.
Q: What does Aularches miliaris do when it is disturbed?
A: When Aularches miliaris is disturbed, it makes a sharp rasping noise with its thoracic segments.
Q: What does Aularches miliaris release when its thorax is pinched?
A: When Aularches miliaris's thorax is pinched, it gives off a toxic foam.
Q: What does the foam released by Aularches miliaris smell like?
A: The foam released by Aularches miliaris has an unpleasant smell and a bitter taste, faintly alkaline, with many bubbles.
Q: Where does the foam come out from in Aularches miliaris?
A: The foam comes out as a strong jet from openings in the thorax and more gently from other openings in the body (ten in total).
Q: What happens to the foam released by Aularches miliaris after it is released?
A: The foam heaps up around the insect and partly covers it.
