Despite a formidable appearance the Armoured Ground Cricket is a sluggish and harmless insect. Variable in colour they squirt blood from the thorax

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Despite a formidable appearance the Armoured Ground Cricket is a sluggish and harmless insect. Variable in colour they can squirt blood from the thorax to warn off predators

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Location: Ruaha National Park, Tanzania
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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