Different Types of Mouthparts in INSECTS

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Different Types of Mouthparts in INSECTS
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1. What are the parts of an insects head?

• Antennae
• Mouth
• Simple or compound eyes

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2. What are the six different types of
mouthparts?

• Chewing
• Piercing-sucking
• Rasping sucking
• Sponging
• Siphoning
• Chewing-lapping

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3. Identify which insects have which types of
mouthparts

• Chewing
• Orthoptera
• grasshoppers, crickets
• Pinches or bites off
• Chews and ingest plant parts

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3. Identify which insects have which types of
mouthparts

• Piercing-Sucking
• Homoptera
• aphids, leafhoppers
• Pierce epidermal layer of plants and animals
• Suck up the exuding sap or blood

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3. Identify which insects have which types of
mouthparts

• Rasping-Sucking
• Coleoptera
• beetles, weevils
• Insects lacerate (tear) the epidermis of plants
• Suck up the exuding sap

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3. Identify which insects have which types of
mouthparts

• Siphoning
• Lepidoptera
• butterflies, moths
• Mouthparts dissolve solid substances such as
  sugar with their saliva

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3. Identify which insects have which types of
mouthparts

• Chewing-Lapping
• Hymenoptera
• ants, bees, wasps
• Mouthparts suck up the exposed liquids

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3. Identify which insects have which types of
mouthparts

• Sponging
• Diptera
• Flies
• Mouthparts have a combination of chewing and
  sucking mouthparts