Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Dolichopus simplex menu

Posted by Paul Beuk on 22-08-2005 07:19
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Well, they have no piercing mouthparts but the mouthparts seem to transformed into a big sucker, like one on an octopus' legs. I think they put a tremendous sucking force behind it after they pick up their prey, breaking its exoskeleton and emptying their liquid body contents. I have not checked literature, it is just something I surmised from seeing Medetera trying to crack the first instar of a true bug.