The black-capped frogmouth is a small bird. It is similar in shape to a nighthawk. It often moves alone or in pairs. It is nocturnal and hides in dense forests during the day, lying or standing on horizontal branches along the trunks of large trees. Because its body color is similar to that of branc...
When you see the long tube extending forward from a weevil's head, you might think of an elephant's trunk. However, you must not mistake the long tube on the weevil's head for its nose! This long tube is its mouthparts and is also the main identifying feature of the weevil. Another feature of...
The mouthparts are the mouths of insects, responsible for feeding. Insect food comes from a wide range of sources, including solid and liquid, exposed and deeply hidden. Therefore, insects have a variety of corresponding feeding methods and mouthpart types. (1) Chewing mo...
Cicadas are the loudest hemipteran insects on the planet, which makes them some of the most annoying. There are many aliases, including Zhizhi, Xiao, Zhihou, Bicada, Haiyi, leech, leech, turtle, big turtle (adult), cicada turtle, monkey, leech turtle, Cicadas live in temperate to tropical reg...