Explore the world of insect mouths and insect mouthparts. Learn about the many different mouth types and how they have evolved to help the insects...
Are devoid of smell Are tubular with a wide mouth Have sticky pollen that often forms clumps or chains May be pendulous (for hummingbirds) or erect with a landing platform (for other birds) Examples:cardinal flower(Lobelia cardinalis),fuchsia(genusFuchsia),red columbine(Aquilegia canadensis),hibi...
meaning that they gather pollen from a wide variety of flowers. However, some bees collect pollen only from flowers of certain families, others from flowers of certain colors. Oligolectic bees gather pollen from only a few related kinds of flowers. The mouth parts of bees, like the pollen-...
One of the first things that adult mosquitoes do is seek a mate, mate and then feed. Male mosquitoes have short mouth parts and feed on plant nectar. In contrast, female mosquitoes have a long proboscis that they use to bite animals and humans and feed on theirblood. The blood provides ...
They look similar to house flies, but stable flies have a pointed mouthpart used to suck blood. Snipe Flies These pests are close relatives of deer flies. They typically live in damp places located in forested areas. Most species of snipe flies do not bite, but some do use their ...
Hadrosaurids are also known as "duck-billed" dinosaurs due to their wide mouth parts, which resemble the beaks of ducks. Many hadrosaurids had elaborate cranial crests or ornamentations. Example Hadrosaurids Parasaurolophus: Known for its long, backward-curving cranial crest, which may have been ...
and their body parts can move on their own. The werecats used to drain out the living force of unwary victims at the Moonscar Island to maintain their young appearance as well their immortality, transforming them into skinny zombies. Upon noticing the arrival of new possible victims, the zomb...
Another example is the relationship between cattle egrets and herbivores, in which the egrets eat insects that are displaced by grazing animals. The relationship between a parasite, like a flea, and its host is also an example of symbiosis in which one organism benefits at the expense of the ...
Mosquitoes are small, flying insects that are common to the U.S. They have a long, needle-like mouth part called a proboscis that breaks skin and sucks blood from people and animals. Some mosquitoes are considered to be vectors, or insects that spread germs to people and animals that can...
andexcretionof nutrients and waste products. In humans, these tissues include the alimentary (or digestive) tract, kidneys, liver, and lungs. Thedigestive tractleads (in vertebrates) from the mouth through the pharynx, stomach, and intestines to the anus. In vertebrates and some larger invertebrat...