the mouthparts of a grasshopper are specialized for chewing.
what are the mouthparts of a grasshopper specialized for?
chewing
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the mouthparts of arthropods have evolved into a number of forms, each adapted to a different style or mode of feeding. most mouthparts represent modified, paired appendages, which in ancestral forms would have appeared more like legs than mouthparts. in general, arthropods have mouthparts for cutting, chewing, piercing, sucking, shredding, siphoning, and filtering. this article outlines the basic elements of four arthropod groups: insects, myriapods, crustaceans and chelicerates. insects are used as the model, with the novel mouthparts of the other groups introduced in turn. insects are not, however, the ancestral form of the other arthropods discussed here.
arthropod mouthparts
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claudia van laak – born 1963 in münster (region) nrw, germany – is a german radio journalist. for the germany radio she is correspondent for berlin.





























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she made her entrance at the wdr broadcast. german studies. she studied journalism, economics and spanish in bamberg and barcelona. in freelance she was active for bavarian radio and , followed by june 1990 a permanent position as an editor at central german broadcast stadion mdr. until in 1996 she joined deutschlandradio (deutschlandfunk) as regional correspondent in thuringia, and later in brandenburg, since 2009 in berlin.
claudia van laak