Cereal leaf Beetle

When it comes to the smallest of life forms, life is not always easy. The larvae of the cereal leaf beetle have it especially rough, but to make sure it can survive until the next phase of the life cycle, the bugs camouflage themselves in a jelly-like substance.

This substance is made of the beetle’s own excrement, and it is placed on the back. Potato beetles also protect themselves by eating nightshade, and after initiating some abdominal contractions, it covers itself in its own toxin-containing feces.