How is the structure of the oral apparatus related to the feeding habits of the insect?
| January 5, 2021 | education
The structure of the mouth apparatus in insects varies greatly depending on their feeding methods. For example, most insects that feed on plant leaves have a gnawing mouth apparatus, and insects that feed on plant sap have a piercing-sucking mouth apparatus. The gnawing-licking apparatus in insects that feed on nectar of plants, the licking mouth apparatus is larger in flies that feed on both solid and liquid food. Butterflies have a tubular-sucking mouth apparatus. In some insect larvae, grasping devices are formed in the mouth apparatus.
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