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Reasons for the dominance of insects over other animals
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Properties of blood:

1. Blood is colorless (or) green (or) yellowish with different types of haemocytes and plasma. Green colour is due to chlorophyll dissolved in the plasma and red colour is due to haemoglobin in Chironomus midge

2. Blood covers up 5 – 40% of the total body weight that vary with the sex and stage (or) age of the insect.

3. Insect blood contain proteins, lipids, sugars, organic acids, phosphates, pigments, uric acid etc.

4. The insect blood of phytophagous insect is rich in ‘K’ where as that of carnivores is rich in ‘Na’

5. Specific gravity of the blood varies from 1.01 to 1.06.

6. PH of the blood generally varies from 6-7.

7. The blood sugar of insects is trehalose.

8. Blood lacks vitamin ‘K’

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