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the tongue of the butterfly is called a Proboscis.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 9y agoA butterflies tongue is called a proboscis. It is long and looks like a tube. Butterflies use the proboscis to reach down into flowers and drink the nectar.
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∙ 13y agoYes! They use their curly tongues for sucking up nectar from a flower.
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What is a butterflies feeding method?
A butterfly uses their tongues when feeding. Their tongues act much the same way as a straw and they use their tongues to suck nectar from flowers.
What do butterflies eat and what mouth or body part is used to get their food?
they eat nectar and they have mouths like people.
What does a butterfly consume?
Liquids make up the diet of butterflies.Specifically, butterflies have sipping mouthparts in the form of a tube-like proboscis. It can be compared to a tongue. The preferred liquid is flower nectar. But butterflies are known to take in minerals through clustering around mud puddlesand the liquids in rotting fruit and decaying animal flesh.
How do butterflies taste food?
Well, I think that butterflies taste food with their proboscis, the curly line at the end of their mouth. They uncurl and extend their proboscis and sip the nectar inside flowers, which is mostly all they taste, the nectar in flowers. I hope this helped!:)
How does butterfly get its foods?
pee pee they use its intents to suck pee pee
What is the curly thing at the end of the butterflies mouth?
Butterflies don't have mouths as we know them. The 'curly thing' is called a 'proboscis'
Do butterflies use their tongues to suck up nectar?
They use their tongues to suck nectar
What is a butterflies feeding method?
A butterfly uses their tongues when feeding. Their tongues act much the same way as a straw and they use their tongues to suck nectar from flowers.
What do butterflies use to get their food?
Butterflies use their long tongues to get the nectar out of flowers. This is called the proboscis. It is similar to a very long, thin straw and it sucks up the nectar of a flower. The proboscis is curled up into a ball shape when it isn't in use.
What do butterflies eat and what mouth or body part is used to get their food?
they eat nectar and they have mouths like people.
What does an Amazon butterfly eat?
The Amazon butterfly eats nectar from flowers. Butterflies consume nectar through their tongues which act like straws and they taste with their feet.
What does snake tongues for?
They smell with their tongues
What does a butterfly consume?
Liquids make up the diet of butterflies.Specifically, butterflies have sipping mouthparts in the form of a tube-like proboscis. It can be compared to a tongue. The preferred liquid is flower nectar. But butterflies are known to take in minerals through clustering around mud puddlesand the liquids in rotting fruit and decaying animal flesh.
Do hippos have tongues?
Yes,hippos have tongues.
Do polar bears have tongues?
Yeah, they have tongues
Can you have 2 tongues?
can people have 2 tongues
What breed of horses have curly hair?
The curly horse. The curly horse. The curly horse.
