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The 16 pages that link to Insect mouthparts, each with the reason it gives.

• Evolution of insectsRelated: Their diversification let insect lineages exploit many food sources.

• LeafhopperRelated: Leafhoppers pierce plant tissue with slender stylets housed within a beak.

• PlanthopperRelated: Their stylets pierce plant tissues and conduct sap to the digestive tract.

• PsocopteraRelated: Psocopterans have chewing mouthparts suited to grazing on surface growths.

• CurculionidaeRelated: Weevils use chewing mouthparts at the tip of the rostrum.

• MantophasmatidaeRelated: After capture, heelwalkers use chewing mouthparts to consume prey.

• TabanidaeRelated: Female tabanids use cutting mouthparts to draw blood from many vertebrate hosts.