#atlantis the lost empire theory

Theory on the fire bugs from Atlantis the Lost Empire:

I love world building and began theorizing about things in the movie Atlantis the lost empire one of which was the fire bugs.

Though they may seem like something out of fantasy they are evolutionary possible. The bombardier beetle for example ejects a hot noxious chemical spray from the tip of it’s abdomen as a defense mechanism.

The fire bugs must likely evolved a similar defence mechanism only they secret a chemical that combusts with the air and would normally use it to fight off invading hives.

Their bodies would produce the chemical as a result of their food source which would most likely consist of either cave mosses, the excrement from the monster that lives in the eye of the giant stature milo’s group passed through, and/or the plants in Atlantis.

When the light from Milo’s flashlight shined into their hive the fire bugs mistook Milo and the camp for an invading hive and began defending themselves.

That’s my theory let me know what you think.