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CUTTING AND SPONGING TYPE
- Horse flies and certain other Diptera, are similar to the sponging type but have well-developed mandibles forming sharp blades and maxillae forming probing stylets.
- Together these structures cut and tear the skin of mammals, causing blood to flow.
- The blood is collected by the sponge-like development of the labium and conveyed to the hypopharynx.
- The hypopharynx and epipharynx fit together to form a tube through which the blood is sucked into the esophagus.