Velvet worms feeding
Numéro d’image : 11906713
| Epiperipatus trinidadensis,(right) & Macroperipatus torquatus,(left) peripatuses or velvet worms,from Trinidad,feeding on a House Cricket. It is captured by shooting out strands of glue from openings near their mouths. This sticks the preys' appendages together. Using their spiky jaws the prey is killed & softened by the injection of a potent saliva. The soft parts are then injested leaving the cuticle. Peripatuses attack prey as large as themselves,but to miss or make an unprofitable attack wastes the glue (protein). One squirt may weigh 5% of its body mass,some expended glue is therefore re-injested | |
| Licence : | Droits gérés |
| Crédit: | Science Photo Library / Read, Dr. Morley |
| Taille de l’image : | 5009 px × 3302 px |
| Model Release : | Non requis |
| Property Release : | Non requis |
| Restrictions : | - |
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