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The locust The locust has biting-chewing mouthparts and mainly lives on leaves of plants. The mouthparts consist of: a) The labrum or upper lip in front covers and protects the other mouthparts. It prevents food from falling out the mouth. b) The two mandibles or hard upper jaws have sharp, serrated edges. They move side- ways and rasp of minute pieces of food which are grinded and chewed and swallowed c) The two maxillae or soft lower jaws are used to hold and to push the food into the mouth. The maxillary palps are sensitive and taste the food. d) The labium or lower lip at the back prevents food from falling out the mouth. The labial palps selects, taste and handle food.
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Why do insect mouth-parts take a variety of shapes?
The different mouth-parts seen in different insect species are the result of evolutionary adaptations. Mouth-parts have adapted to fit each species' diet. For example, a grasshopper's diet requires them to have a mandible for chewing instead of a proboscis for sucking.
What body parts used by goat for eating?
zigzag teeth....................
What body parts do locusts use to move?
Locusts are able to both jump and fly to get to where they are going. Locusts have been known to fly as far as 5 - 130 km in a day and sometimes even further.
What body structure do insects have for sipping their food?
Insects have jaws and movable mouth parts that act like teeth. The jaws of grasshoppers are adapted for cutting and chewing plants. Mosquitoes have needle-shaped mouth parts for piercing skin and sucking blood.
Which mouth parts are likely to be the most complex?
The mouth parts of insects, such as those of butterflies and bees, tend to be the most complex due to their specialization for feeding on nectar or pollen. These mouth parts are often adapted for sipping, lapping, or piercing plants to access their food sources.
What are three ways that the mouth parts of insects are adapted for obtaining food?
Insect adaptations include mouthparts, the ability to fly, leg types, and body shapes.
Animals Body parts used gettingin eating foods?
body part example mouth, teeth, beak,tentacles and more
What are the mouthparts of the grasshopper adapted to do?
As living things grow in their life, their bodies grow and adapt to many things. A grasshoppers mouthparts are adapted to chewing fibrous plants.
How are teeth and other body parts of herbivore adapted to its diet?
how are teeth and other parts of the body is adapted or suited to its diet
What kind of mouth parts does a yellow jacket have?
a mouth.
What mouth parts do tape worm have for food getting?
mouth
What characteristics does a tadpole have that are lost as they develop into adult tadpoles?
The tail is absorbed, and the mouth parts change drastically because the tadpole goes from eating algae, to being an insect predator.
