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The 13 pages that link to Piercing-sucking mouthparts, each with the reason it gives.

• ProboscisCompared with: It contrasts with proboscides adapted mainly for sipping exposed liquids.

• Insect mouthpartsBroader topic: Its stylets penetrate surfaces while a food canal carries fluids into the insect.

• HeteropteraBroader topic: Their stylets pierce plant or animal tissues, while a feeding canal carries fluids inward.

• StyletBroader topic: Stylets are the piercing elements of this broader mouthpart arrangement.

• BelostomatidaeRelated: After capture, giant water bugs use their beak to inject digestive saliva and feed.

• CorixidaeRelated: Their short, beak-like mouthparts help water boatmen collect food from aquatic surfaces and sediments.

• LeafhopperRelated: Leafhoppers use these mouthparts to reach and ingest plant fluids.

• CoreidaeRelated: Coreids use these mouthparts to feed from plant tissues and seeds.

• PentatomoideaRelated: Pentatomoids use them to feed on plant fluids, seeds, or other animals.

• AphrophoridaeRelated: These mouthparts let aphrophorids feed from plant vascular tissues.

• NepomorphaRelated: Nepomorphans use this hemipteran mouthpart to feed on prey or plant material.

• RanatraRelated: Ranatra feeds by piercing prey and extracting its contents.

• SaldidaeRelated: These mouthparts let predatory shore bugs feed on small animals.