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A butterfly respires. They use oxygen to survive the same way other animals do, as energy. Since insects including butterflies don't have lungs, it sucks air into specialized air organs and releases carbon dioxide.
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∙ 15y agoButterflies have, in their abdomen, introverted appendages wich form a ramificated structure called tracheal system. Air enters from lateral openings of the abdomen called spiracles, which can be closed, and then flows into tracheae and tracheols (ramifications of tracheae) reaching the hemocoel, where gas excanges occur.
Cuticular respiration (through their skin) can also occour, but not significantly.
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∙ 14y agoInsects have little holes along the sides of their bodies. The holes are attached to fine tubes (called spiracles) that go into the insects body and gas exchange (breathing) happens across these tubes.
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∙ 14y agoI'm not sure but I want to
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∙ 14y agono, you dimwit!!
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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.
Why squeezing the thorax will kill the insect?
Squeezing any animal in the thorax would create distress. Since insects breathe through their skeleton squeezing them in the thorax does not interfere with breathing. However, squeezing the insect could kill it.
How does an insect breathe?
Insects breathe via holes in their exoskeleton called spiracles. These are normally arranged in pairs, with one spiracle either side of the thorax, or each segment of their bodies. They do not have nostrils like we do.
What is the plural form for insect?
insect's example: The insect's wing is damaged.
Which insect is called an antisocial insect?
The insect that is called an anti-social insect is the ant. However, there are times when ants are referred to as social creatures.
Which insect breathe through their hole?
All insects breathe through their skin.
What do maggots breathe?
Maggots breathe oxygen. They are insect larvae and are similar in this regard to all other insects.
What tiny hole on an insect help it breathe?
They are called sphericals.
Why does an insect not die when its head is immersed in water?
Insects
What tiny hole on an insect body help it breathe?
They are called sphericals.
What is the job of the spiracles on an insect?
The insect uses its spiracles to breathe through instead of their mouth.
Why squeezing the thorax will kill the insect?
Squeezing any animal in the thorax would create distress. Since insects breathe through their skeleton squeezing them in the thorax does not interfere with breathing. However, squeezing the insect could kill it.
How do the water spider breath?
All insects breathe through spiracles, except for insects that live in the water. A water stick insect breathes through an air tube.
Is a dolphin a mammal reptile or insect?
Dolphins are mammals. They bear live young and use lungs to breathe air. They also have (a little)facial hair!
How does centipede breathe?
Insect have thin tube called tracheas which basically do for them what the lungs does for us.
Can a Diving beetle breath under water?
No they can't. This insect swims upside-down and carries a bubble of air on its ventral side which gives it a silvery appearance. The ventral side is covered in hairs which prevent water from covering the spiracles that the insect uses to breathe.
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.
