Identification of genes controlling mouthpart development key to insect diversity. ScienceDaily . Retrieved April 30, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2017 / 03 / 170307100329.htm ...

Nagoya, Japan - Insects are a biological success story with their high abundance, dominating biodiversity, and almost worldwide distribution. Their evolutionary prowess in part reflects their ...

Mesopsychoid scorpionflies are peculiar Mesozoic insects with a distinctly elongate mouthpart and are considered to be a critical group of pollinators prior to the rise of angiosperms. A new genus ...

This study also found that there is a limiting pore size from which each individual can feed—butterflies and flies with smaller mouthpart channels will be able to feed on liquids from smaller ...

The hummingbird hawk-moth is partial to flowers with tube-shaped petals and uses its long, curled proboscis — an elongated sucking mouthpart — to extract nectar from the flower's center.

Lanky front legs are covered with sticky hairs used to catch prey. Long, curved mouthpart and long, thin antennae. Distribution: Common in the Pacific Northwest. Found throughout much of North ...

Unlike land spiders, sea spiders do not spin webs or dig burrows. Instead, they use a specialized tubular mouthpart called a proboscis to suck up their prey, such as sea anemones, jellyfish ...

Bees don’t have the mouthpart sensitivity to taste — and thus can’t avoid — nectar tainted with neonicotinoid pesticides, new lab tests indicate. And the charm of nicotine may even seduce ...

A novel technique for measuring tiny, rapid-fire secretions in the brains and mouthparts of fruit flies (drosophila) is providing insights into the beneficial effects of eating less ...