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CRaP - It contains hemocyanin, a copper-based protein that turns blue in color when oxygenated, instead of the iron-based hemoglobin in red blood cells found in vertebrates, thus giving hemolymph a blue-green color rather than the red color of vertebrate blood. Hemolymph - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bugs do have blood, but it is very different from our own. Human blood has red blood cells in it, which are responsible for taking oxygen and carrying it throughout our bodies. The red blood cells are red because they contain hemoglobin, which is a special protein that actually binds the oxygen.
Insect blood, which is called hemolymph, contains various nutrients, hormones, and other things, but does not have any red blood cells or hemoglobin. That is why it is not red in color, and instead is rather clear. Insect blood does sometimes have some very light pigments in it, probably coming from plants that they have eaten, and that is why it sometimes looks yellowish or greenish. When you squash a housefly and see red, that's not actually due to their blood-- it's the result of red pigments from their eyes!
Bugs do have blood, but it is very different from our own. Human blood has red blood cells in it, which are responsible for taking oxygen and carrying it throughout our bodies. The red blood cells are red because they contain hemoglobin, which is a special protein that actually binds the oxygen.
Insect blood, which is called hemolymph, contains various nutrients, hormones, and other things, but does not have any red blood cells or hemoglobin. That is why it is not red in color, and instead is rather clear. Insect blood does sometimes have some very light pigments in it, probably coming from plants that they have eaten, and that is why it sometimes looks yellowish or greenish. When you squash a housefly and see red, that's not actually due to their blood-- it's the result of red pigments from their eyes!
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