Its proboscis is almost as long as its entire body and is kept curled up when not in use. One of the most remarkable aspects of the hummingbird hawk-moth is its vision. Unlike most insects ...

Look, it’s a bird, it’s a plane, no it’s Supermoth!” Late summer brings an amazing insect to our flower gardens across the United States. It is the sphinx moth, also called the ...

Early fall brings an amazing insect to our flower gardens across the United States. It is the White-lined Sphinx Moth (Hyles lineata), also called the Hawk Moth or Hummingbird Moth. No matter what ...

Proboscis: An elongated mouthpart used by insects for feeding, particularly in sucking liquids. Trichoid sensilla: Sensory structures on the proboscis of insects that help detect physical ...

I’ve always found primates endlessly fascinating to film. Their expressions and behaviours grab my attention in a way few other groups of animals do, and the addition of a large fatty nose makes ...

The proboscis is inserted but once, the larva retaining its position through the period of gall development. (b) Hypertrophy of the epidermal and adjacent mesophyll cells on the lower side of the leaf ...

In almost all cases, however, it is only a comparatively small number of insects that would be adapted, by the size of their body, the length of their proboscis, and other points in their ...