do butterflies have a liquid similar to our blood? do ants?
2007-03-21 05:11:23 · 8 answers · asked by sara 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
yes but can someone tell me the name or what its composed of,encyclopedias dont really say much
2007-03-21 05:35:43 · update #1
Yes, butterflies and other insects have blood. In all creatures, the blood helps move food from the intestine to other parts of the body.
But insect blood is not red like ours. Our blood is red because it has a special protein that carries oxygen ...
butterfly's circulatory system is relatively simple. The heart is a pump attached to a long tube that extends from the abdomen to the head. The blood is pumped through this tube and released into the tissues. Through a pressure gradient, the blood seeps through the tissue back to the abdomen. There it is sucked back into the heart and pumped forward again.
In a butterfly, there is no transportation of oxygen in the blood. Butterflies have valves called spiracles along either side of their bodies. Some of these spiracles, located mostly along the abdomen, allow oxygen to enter. Other spiracles exhale carbon dioxide. In this way oxygen will enter the body directly. Once inside, there is a network of tunnels similar to the network of veins in the human body. Oxygen will travel directly to where it is needed and pass into the tissue.
2007-03-21 06:02:37 · answer #1 · answered by Kain 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Butterflies, and all other insects, have blood that is colorless. They do not use their blood to transport respiratory gases (oxygen and carbon dioxide) through their bodies, so the blood does not contain any respiratory pigments.
Insects' blood is different from the other major group of arthropods, the crustaceans, too. Crustaceans have a bluish pigment called hemocyanin in their blood, which gives the blood a faint blue tinge.
2007-03-21 06:03:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Great Question I think butterflies have some yellow stuff in them and ants have green stuff in them don't know the real name of what's it called?
2007-03-21 05:15:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say yes. They have to have some kind of liquid flowing through their bodies to make them work.
2007-03-21 05:27:21 · answer #4 · answered by Marenight 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, butterflies have "butter" running in their veins instead of blood.
2007-03-21 05:15:26 · answer #5 · answered by Gabriel G 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
All animals have blood, not all blood is red.
2007-03-21 05:18:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
every living species has a form of blood.
2007-03-21 05:15:12 · answer #7 · answered by michelebaruch 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes they do have blood...but their blood isnt red like ours...
our blood is red because of haemoglobin...
I think it is called hemolymph...
2007-03-21 05:19:15 · answer #8 · answered by godrics 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋