Wednesday 30 September 2020

These Beetles Withstand Cyanide Blasts to Eat Millipedes | Entomology Today

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Flat-backed millipedes that defend themselves with cyanide have a fearsome foe in Promecognathus beetles, which are unfazed by the potent poison. A new study shows the beetles have evolved a unique tolerance for cyanide—rather than avoidance behavior or some other countermeasure—but the underlying mechanism remains unclear.

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