Plants and Animals

How do insects feed?

Link to this answer

CloseClose

Link to this answer

Share this credible answer with others. Simply paste this code into your blog or Web page:

<a href="http://qanda.encyclopedia.com/question/do-insects-feed-80440.html" >How do insects feed?</a>
E-mail this answer Link to this answer

Members of the class are extremely varied. They have adapted to many different kinds of feeding and play a variety of important roles in their ecological communities. Mouthparts may be adapted to chewing either plant or animal food, for sucking plant sap or blood, or for lapping or swabbing moisture such as fruit juices or animal body fluids. Some burrow and feed in soil or plant tissue, some are runners or jumpers that feed at or near the ground level, and others feed on the wing.

Answer verified with
Get more facts and information about Arthropoda . Or, view the full encyclopedia entry from The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.

Similar questions: How do insects eat? Can insects chew? What do insects drink? What do bugs consume? [ Hide these questions ]

Related research questions

Related research articles

Luring good bugs to feed on the bad. (use of baits that contain predator...
Magazine article from: Science News Luring good bugs to feed on the bad In recent...increasing number of insect pheromones -- chemical...Agriculture Department's Insect and Nematode Hormone...of the more than 200 insect pheromones that have...to draw in beneficial insects to feed on resident pests...chemical pesticides ...
The Guinness Book of Amazing Nature: Part 3 Animal Kingdom - Predators; While...
Newspaper article from: Sunday Mirror (London, England) ...insects and small animals do so by a host of ingenious...other plants for food do so more directly, by...environments. Such plants do not feed exclusively on prey...red digestive glands. Insects become trapped on the...the jaws to close. The insect, having landed in search...
Earwigs could be 'perfect educational aids' SCIENCE: Insects easy to collect...
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales) ...Tomkins also believes the insects could help youngsters...collect and cheap to feed and house so they really do seem like perfect educational...tell teachers why the insects could help secondary...biologist also believes the insects could help youngsters...
What's Bugging You? Test your knowledge of nasty insects.(Hunter's Bonus)
Magazine article from: Outdoor Life ...clothing to discourage insects. For example, the most...Polysorbate-20 5. The tiny insects known as punkies, no...name for this group of insects? A) Gnats B) Biting...from clotting while the insect feeds. 8. The world's most...HB10 1. A. Fire ants do not bite; they sting...
Luring beneficial insects to your garden; create a garden that is friendly to...
Magazine article from: Natural Life ...basically two categories of insects used to control other insects--predators and parasites. Insect predators like the praying mantis and ladybug feed directly on their prey...ways to get beneficial insects into your garden. You...other disturbances. Do not use zapper lights...
See all results at HighBeam

HighBeam gives you access to newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles plus press releases, facts, information, and biographies from thousands of sources.