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However, insects do not breathe through their mouths, nor do they have lungs. In fact, insects are equipped with tracheal tubes terminating in pores, called spiracles, running along their abdomens. Insect trachea, much like the structure inside a lung, branch off into smaller and smaller trachea, but end deep in the various tissues of the insect; here, oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged continually. Due in part to the largely-passive gas exchange, insects are unable to 'breathe' very fast. This limitation is probably one reason why insects remain relatively small. It is possible to protect some plants from pests by spraying them lightly with castor oil (for example) as the oil effectively blocks their spiracles, suffocating them.
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What do maggots breathe?
Maggots breathe oxygen. They are insect larvae and are similar in this regard to all other insects.
What do insects use their Spiracles for?
They breathe through it
What do insects have on their body to let air enter the tubes on their body?
All insects breathe through their skin.
How does a millipede breathe?
By a tracheal system as in insects, with branched air tubes . A pair of spiracles allows air to enter each segment
How is breathing process of an insects different from that of fish?
The way in which insects and fish breathe differs in the process in which each receives oxygen. Insects use a tracheal system to receive oxygen and fish use their gills to filter oxygen out of the water.
How do insects breathe differently to humans?
All insects breathe through their skin.
What animals breathe by tracheal structure?
Insects breathe by tracheal structure. The reason insects breathe with their trachea is because they do not have lungs.
What do insects breathe by?
air
What do insects breathe?
air
How do lice breathe?
All insects breathe through their skin.
How does the pond skater breathe?
All insects breathe through their exoskeleton.
Air holes through which insects breathe?
grasshopper, insects. Insects have tiny air holes on their bodies called spiracles to breathe.
What do insects do to breathe?
sperm cells
Why does an insect not die when its head is immersed in water?
Insects
Which insect breathe through their hole?
All insects breathe through their skin.
Do dung-flies breathe?
Yes, all insects breathe in one way or another.
How does a maggot breathe in a peapod?
All insects breathe through their skin.
