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The Insides and the Workjngs of Living Things 



Fig. 25. Mouths of Insects 



The stinging or piercing mouth of the mosquito, the combination sucking and 

 cutting mouth of the bee, the biting mouth of the grasshopper, and the long, 

 delicate proboscis of a butterfly, each with its specialized feelers and pushers, 

 represent a great variety of structures built on fundamentally the same plan. 



