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Insect Mouth Types

Insect Mouth Types. Steve Souder Fellow PRISM GK-12. Chewing Mouth Parts. Usually found on insects that are predators, aggressive, or feed on vegetation. Mouth parts seen here are called the mandibles. http://www.backyardnature.net/insmouth.htm. Sucking Mouth Parts.

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Insect Mouth Types

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  1. Insect Mouth Types Steve Souder Fellow PRISM GK-12

  2. Chewing Mouth Parts • Usually found on insects that are predators, aggressive, or feed on vegetation. • Mouth parts seen here are called the mandibles http://www.backyardnature.net/insmouth.htm

  3. Sucking Mouth Parts • The slender, tubular feeding and sucking organ of certain insects. • True bugs use their mouthparts to extract fluids from plants and animals. Butterflies use it to extract nectar from flowers. http://www.backyardnature.net/insmouth.htm

  4. Sucking Mouth Parts • The labium seen here is used to suck up fluids like a sponge. • Most insects with this mouth part do not chew or bite, instead they vomit digestive enzymes on there food in order to lap it up. • Don’t let flies touch your food! http://www.backyardnature.net/insmouth.htm

  5. Combination Mouth Parts • These insects have a combination of mouth parts that enable them to survive and thrive. • The carpenter bee seen here has both chewing parts (galea) to bore through wood and a glossa that acts like a tongue to ingest nectar from flowers. http://www.backyardnature.net/insmouth.htm

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