an extensible, tubular structure used in the capture of prey.
(Chapter 3) - a nose or noselike appendage.
The adapted mouthparts of various insect groups such as flies and butterflies. The structure and design vary enormously from species to species, but essentially a proboscis is a tube used to suck up a liquid; in butterflies it is long and flexible and can be used to probe into flowers for nectar, while in flies it is short, highly corrugated to increase the surface area and is used to suck up a mixture of liquidised food and regurgitated digestive juices.
Adult butterfly mouth parts through which a butterfly drinks nectar. It works like a straw. It coils and uncoils.
mouthpart of an aphid, whitefly, butterfly or moth used to suck up plants juices
Tubular process of the head used in feeding.
A biological term typically used to describe a long, flexible feeding structure. In butterflies, it is the long, coiled tube through which they feed.
the mouthpart of an adult moth or butterfly. The proboscis works as a functional siphon, enabling the insect to sip nectar from flowers.
Elongated mouth of the mosquito, adapted for feeding on liquid.
the anterior part of the alimentary canal derived from the stomadaeum which can be everted to project forwards
The feeding mouthpart that a butterfly uses to ingest nectar. The proboscis is coiled when not in use.
The coiled tongue of a butterfly used to sip up liquids, including nectar; technically called a haustellum.
any tubular extension from the head or anterior gut.
outgrowth of the mouth (in marine worms) that contains jaws.
an elongated, extensible tubular structure some organisms use for feeding or sensing.
the lengthened mouthparts which are modified to form a tube for piercing and sucking, or other specialised ways of feeding. This term may also refer to the coiled feeding tube of moths and butterflies. See rostrum also.
A mouthpart of an insect, usually long and skinny. Mosquitos have a proboscis to suck blood; butterflies and moths have a coiled up proboscis which they unravel to suck nectar from flowers.
The fused galeae of the maxillae form the coiled tube or tongue found in most Lepidoptera.
nose; in insects this refers to the tubular sucking organ used for feeding.
A long, tubelike structure on an invertebrate's head.
The elongated mouthparts of some insects.
an extendable and retractable coiled sucking organ on the ventral part of the head of adult Lepidoptera.
A long, retractable extension of the head. In gastropods, this is an extendible tube which contains the radula, mouth and gullet.
The structure at the anterior end of an organism permitting attachment and/or feeding.
Long, slender sucking tube used for feeding
(noun) - a straw-like, flexible tongue that uncoils when the butterfly sips liquid food and then coils up again into a spiral when the butterfly is not feeding.
A long, retractable extension of the head with the mouth at the end.
This is the feeding structure insects have found in the head between the eyes. It is somewhat like a straw, used for ingesting the liquids which the adults feed on.
In an insect, a tube-like mouth part used for feeding.
(noun) long, hollow, coiled feeding tube
The feeding tube of a butterfly.
The name of the long mouthparts which mosquitoes use to pierce through animal and human skin, and suck up blood with; sometimes thereby being the cause of unintentionally transmitted disease like West Nile Virus and many others.
Name given to various kinds of sucking mouths in which some of the mouth-parts are drawn out to form a long tube, like in some butterflies. Stag beetles have feathery tubes that they can extend to suck their food with.
the mouthparts of the bee that form the sucking tube or tongue.
a nose, or in the case of butterflies the coiled sucking mouthpart
Elongated organ, usually associated with the mouth. The proboscis is an important feeding appendage in echiurans.
Structure like a drinking straw used to suck up nectar or other fluids.
The "beak" of an insect, used to probe and obtain food.
Tube like or beaklike mouthparts
The proboscis is a a tube-like, flexible "tongue" that butterflies and moths use to sip their liquid food (usually flower nectar or the liquid from rotting fruits). The proboscis uncoils to sip food, and coils up again into a spiral when not in use. It consists of two halves which are joined together. The lepidopteran with the longest proboscis is the hawk moth.
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pro-bosS-Kiss) Think Slurpee straw, a really sharp one. Some insects, like true bugs, and mosquitoes, all come equiped with these handy feeding utensils/weapons. Often the proboscis will be used to deliver toxins which break down the prey's tissues and then the device is used again to extract the resultant fluids. Sorry, I had to say it.
The extended mouth parts of some insects, including butterflies and moths, but also biting flies and mosquitos.