Eat and let die: Insect feeds on toxic plants for protection from predators

Tuesday, February 21, 2012 - 11:31 in Biology & Nature

Certain insects, such as the African variegated grasshopper or the cinnabar moth, native in Europe and Asia, feed on toxic plants in order to protect themselves from predators.

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