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Insect blood doesn't transfer oxygen. That means it doesn't need hemoglobin, which is what makes blood appear red. Insect blood is only about 10% hemocytes (blood cells), most of it just watery plasma called hemolymph, tending to be green or yellow.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 15y agoBecause it has no haemoglobin (the oxygen-carrying molecule which gives blood its red colour). Instead, insect blood -- more properly called haemolymph -- uses haemocyanin to carry oxygen, and this is colourless.
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∙ 14y agowhy is it that the blood of an insect is not red
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∙ 12y agoInsect blood is not red, like human blood is, because they do not have the same kind of blood cells in their bodies as we do.
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∙ 13y agoits not colourless its just so small the human eye cannot see it
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∙ 14y agoBecause it doesnt have iron.
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