Figures 2.12


Mouthparts of the cabbage white or cabbage butterfly, Pieris rapae (Lepidoptera: Pieridae).
Figures 2.12. Mouthparts of the cabbage white or cabbage butterfly, Pieris rapae (Lepidoptera: Pieridae).

(a) Positions of the proboscis showing, from left to right, at rest, with proximal region uncoiling, with distal region uncoiling, and fully extended with tip in two of many possible different positions due to flexing at «knee bend». (b) Lateral view of proboscis musculature. (c) Transverse section of the proboscis in the proximal region. (After Eastham & Eassa 1955)

Previous figure
  Frontal view of the head of a worker honey bee, Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae), with transverse section of proboscis showing how the “tongue” (fused labial glossae) is enclosed within the sucking tube formed from the maxillary galae and labial palps.
Next figure
  Head and mouthparts of a thrips, Thrips australis (Thysanoptera: Thripidae).