1.
Piercing-sucking
mouthparts
Piercing-sucking
mouthparts
are used to penetrate solid
tissue and then suck up liquid
food.
Examples: Cicadas, aphids,
and other bugs (order Hemiptera), sucking lice (order Phthiraptera), stable flies and mosquitoes
(order Diptera).
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2. Siphoning mouthparts
Siphoning mouthparts lack stylets and are used to suck liquids. Examples: Butterflies, moths
and skippers (order Lepidoptera), bees (order Hymenoptera). Larval Lepidoptera have chewing
mouthparts.
3.
Sponging mouthparts
Sponging mouthparts are used to sponge
and suck liquids. Examples: House flies and blow flies (order Diptera).
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