Source: Neatorama
“This is my house. I have to defend it,”, the protagonist of Home Alone named Kevin McCallister said firmly. But in the case of Nipponaphis monzeni (Japanese aphids), they literally sacrifice themselves to protect their home. With the intent to fix the holes on their nest, they suicidally erupt as it plasters its bodily fluids on the holes.
From The Atlantic:
Each of these aphids is a white bead, just half a millimeter across. In large numbers, they can compel Japanese trees to form large, hollow spheres called galls—roomy mansions in which hundreds or thousands of them can live. Like ants, bees, and termites, aphids divide…
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