page_title: Insect mouthparts
section_title: Sponging insects
hierarchical_section_title: Insect mouthparts / Sponging insects
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Raupenfliege (Gonia capitata). Die Raupenfliegen (Tachinidae), auch Schmarotzerfliegen sind eine artenreiche Familie der Zweiflügler mit weltweit etwa 8000 Arten, die mit etwa 500 Arten in Mitteleuropa vertreten ist. English: Tachina fly (Gonia capitata).Tachinidae is a large and rather variable family of true flies within the insect order Diptera, with more than 8,200 known species and many more to be discovered. Français&#160;: Gonia capitata, un Tachinide. Les tachinides forment une grande famille de diptères avec près de 8200 espèces décrites. Leurs larves parasitent d'autres insectes.
context_page_description: Insects have a range of mouthparts, adapted to particular modes of feeding. The earliest insects had chewing mouthparts. Specialization has mostly been for piercing and sucking, although a range of specializations exist, as these modes of feeding have evolved a number of times
caption: Proboscis of the fly (Gonia capitata): note also the protruding labial palps.
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