About Lesson
CHEWING AND LAPPING TYPE
- Found in bees and wasps and is modified for taking solid and liquid food like pollen, nectar, and honey.
- Labrum is Similar to chewing type mouth part, Mandiblesares similar to chewing type mouth part but become more or less flattened to form tools useful in molding wax, manipulating nest material, and grasping prey.
- Maxillae and labium: Galea, labial palps, and glossa are elongated and modified to make a five-part long cylindrical tongue for lapping up nectar.