a little help. the asian lady betty still hasn t revealed the secret of its powerful immune system but the scientists are close to solving the riddle. they want to infect the beetle with particularly aggressive germs to do so they fix it under the microscope. they suspect that the beatles blood it s hema lymph contains effective substances against multi-drug resistant bacteria so-called super bugs. ladybirds immune system immediately react to. it discharges small molecules that attack the intruders in front of this. these molecules have huge potential for the development of drug.