The mouthparts of the aphid lion are hollow and secrete a digestive enzyme that can dissolve an aphid's internal organs within 90 seconds. There are two groups of green lacewing larvae: “debris ...

The females have firm mouthparts well adapted for piercing skin and sucking blood. The males cannot suck blood but both sexes feed on nectar of various plants.

More ticks have been found active in Ohio. Here's are the hot spots and common species in Ohio, how to prevent bites, and what to do if you're bitten.

Cicadas do not bite or sting because they don't have the mouthparts or stinger to inflict a bite. They instead use a long, straw-like tube to suck the fluids from trees.

Beetles — Coleoptera — are typically cylindrical and have mouthparts that chew. The colony had gone to town with those mouthparts to reduce a once-lustrous pink flamingo to a humble bone bundle.

Orkin explains that, unlike cicadas, locusts do have chewing mouthparts that allow them to consume "almost all or any part of a plant that is above ground.

The damage is inflicted on hemlocks from the insects inserting their piercing-sucking mouthparts into the twigs of the trees. The result is browning and dropping needles, then death of branches ...

Blood-sucking moths and flesh-eating birds: These are nature’s strangest vampires From tiny fish to blood thirsty bugs, evolution has produced numerous hematophages ...

During the Carboniferous Period, Earth's atmospheric oxygen levels surged, helping some plants and animals grow to gigantic proportions. One notable example was Arthropleura, the biggest bug ever ...

Pic Genuinely Shows Bagworm Moth Caterpillar and Its 'Little Log Cabin'? Experts said the insects were poorly understood in the scientific community.

Female midges lacerate the skin with minute, blade-like mouthparts concealed within a fleshy sheath and then suck up the blood. This unique biting method can cause skin irritation. This process is ...