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the tiny holes on the bees abdomen for respiration
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Do silverfish and bumble bee have lungs?
Bees do not have lungs. They have breathing tubes called spiracles.
Why do bees have tiny holes in there sides called spiracles?
The spiracles are the means by which the insects breathe. They open into tubes called trachaea which pass oxygen in to the insect's tissues and carry the carbon dioxide out.
Do Bees Have Noses?
Bees, like all insects, do not have noses with nasal passages. They breathe through spiracles in the sides of their bodies which lead to trachea. Their sense of smell, which is many times more sensitive than ours, is from sensors on their antennae.
Why are spiracles important?
Function of spiracles for sharks
Why do insects have spiracles?
it have spiracles so it can breathe. like a boss
What is an example of an organism with spiracles?
spiracles are the breathing apparatus of insects.
Do the abdominal segments have spiracles in grasshoppers?
Honey bees have ten spiracles (breathing pores). Three are on the thorax, and seven on the abdomen. The spiracles are the openings to the trachea, which expand and collapse like lungs in response to abdominal wall movement. Two large sacs in the abdomen and smaller ones in the head and thorax lead to very small breathing tubes with blind ends which are filled with liquid which absorbs oxygen and which diffuses into the tissues.
What is the job of the spiracles on an insect?
The insect uses its spiracles to breathe through instead of their mouth.
Do stick insects have spiracles?
All insects have spiracles. This is how they breathe because they do not have lungs like vertebrates do!
How many spiracles does a butterfly have?
Butterflies have nine pairs of spiracles. These are pores open to the air and tracheae which carry air through the body of an insect. Spiracles are located on the abdomen and thorax.
Where are the spiracles located on a dragonfly?
Spiracles are used by grasshoppers for respiration. Air is taken in throught the spiracles and filtered by hairs in tubes called tracheae. The trachea branch out through the body eventually ending in Tracheoles where the oxygen is distributed to cells and carbon dioxide is taken out and back throught the trachea and exits the body through the spiracles
Where are the spiracles on an ant?
head
