Foraging and Capturing Prey
摘要
Be it leafcutter ants cutting leaves with their mandibles based on the principle of an electric saw, praying mantises snaring their prey at lightning speed with their raptorial forelegs, female mosquitoes sucking blood with their proboscis, death’s-head hawk moths entering beehives to steal honey, or ants eagerly swallowing tiny drops of honey water secreted by blue butterfly caterpillars, the paths to finding food reflect the diverse world of insects.