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Yes, butterflies are adapted to lapping up nectar. The butterfly uses its tongue to drink the nectar from flowers much like humans use straws.
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How is nectar made?
nectar is made up of water and sugar by the plant.
What is the thing that uncurls from the butterflies mouth when it sucks up nectar?
The proboscis.
Which part of a plant produces nectar?
Nectar usually built up in plant glands, called nectaries, situated at the base of the petals in flowers.
What do butterflies use to suck nectar?
Answersome insects are highly dependable on the nectar for their survival for example,honeybee feed nectar as they are capable of digesting it and also nectar provides them a liquid called royal jelly which is responsible for reproducing and it is unique in queen beei think the nature has been decided to attract the insects to feed on nectar there by facilitating pollination . nectar being in liquid form it is easy for them to digestno nectar no pollination , no pollination no reproduction , no reproduction no food , no food no life for ushence insects play a vital role and it is must that they should feed on the nectar
What is the structures that make up the outside of the flower and may be colored or contain nectar or perfume glands?
PETALS
What do some insects use for lapping up nector?
Butterflies and honeybees are equipped with siphons for lapping up nectar in flowers.
Do some insects use for chewing plant tissue for lapping up nectar?
Candals
What are lapping insects?
Moths and butterflies. They have a long proboscus, which they use to lap up nectar
A sentence with a word lapping?
The dog was lapping up water from its bowl on a hot summer day.
What do some insects use for chewing plant tissue?
Okay so I was doing my homework and couldn't find the answer to this on the work sheet but i found the mandible is for the tissue part and for the nectar part i have not found out yet. insects use mandibles to chew plant tissues and others use siphons to lap up nectar.
How is nectar made?
nectar is made up of water and sugar by the plant.
How does a jaguar get water into its body?
Direct drinking - lapping it up as a domestic moggy does - and from its food.
Do butterflies use their tongues to suck up nectar?
They use their tongues to suck nectar
Do ants gather nectar?
No, bees use their mouth, or proboscis, to suck up the nectar.
Why do cats drink from faucet?
mine does, and i think he likes the feeling of fresh flowing water and lapping it up.
What adaptations do vertebrates have to feed on nectar?
Vertebrates that eat nectar include hummingbirds and some bats. Hummingbirds have an ability to hover at a flower, and a long tong that they can stick deep into the flower to lap up nectar. Bats that drink nectar at night seek flowers by their smell. Then they hover at the flowers, and use their tongues to lick up nectar.
What does a butterfly need to fill up?
Nectar
