A groundbreaking discovery has revealed the oldest physical evidence of butterflies and moths, dating back 236 million years ...

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The paleontologists who made the discovery also identified a previously unknown Lepidoptera species and have named it ...

Its impressive wings, swathed in unique patterns and colors, provide a pleasant sight as it flits gracefully between flowers, ...

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From their odd appendages to their unsavory hygiene, certain animals suffer an image problem. But their awkward attributes ...

From fleas to mosquitoes, there's no shortage of organisms we like to consider pests – and, not surprisingly, the majority ...

A male mosquito’s proboscis – its elongated feeding-tube ... This, said researcher Christopher Holmes, could give the insects more opportunities to spread diseases, such as malaria or dengue ...

only an insect with an extremely long tongue would ... Most of the measurements of the proboscis of the species were taken from museum and private collections, though in March 2020, measurements ...

The biggest exception is that bugs have specialized mouthparts called a proboscis. This is a non-retractable, penetrating straw-like structure that allows them to drink fluids. For example, a bed bug ...

Pollution can also make it harder for insects to learn. In a 2019 study, Girling and his colleagues first trained honeybees to recognize an odor using the sugar water–proboscis method.

It’s an insect. Mosquitoes kill way more people than ... A female mosquito’s mouth – called a proboscis – has six stylets. You can think of them as needles. Two needles have little teeth.