Nature's Chemical Weapons: Beetle Defenses

Chemical Education

Authors

  • Catherine E. Housecroft

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2019.420

PMID:

31118127

Keywords:

Beetles, Chemical defense, Chemical education

Abstract

The defense chemicals secreted by beetles are very diverse. They are exemplified by those of members of the families Carabidae (ground beetles) and Coccinellidae (ladybirds).
CHIMIA Vol. 73 No. 05(2019): NCCR RNA & Disease

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2019-05-29

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Vol. 73 No. 5 (2019): NCCR RNA & Disease

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Columns, Conference Reports

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C. E. Housecroft, Chimia 2019, 73, 420, DOI: 10.2533/chimia.2019.420.