These are the mouthparts of two different kinds of ticks. The mouthpart is what a tick uses to bite and latch onto you or your pets. Each mouthpart has a pair of hooked “teeth” for piercing the skin ...

The hummingbird hawk-moth is partial to flowers with tube-shaped petals and uses its long, curled proboscis — an elongated sucking mouthpart — to extract nectar from the flower's center.

Hemipteran insects, commonly known as true bugs, exhibit a fascinating diversity in their sensory structures and mouthpart morphology. These adaptations are crucial for their survival, allowing ...