You are viewing a single comment's thread from:RE: Little Monsters - Part 35: Longhorn BeetleView the full contextView the direct parentenglishtchrivy (72)in #photography • 7 years ago man those ..mouth? mandibles? how do you call that?
Mandibles is the correct term for the two pincer like mouth parts, but together they are a part of the mouth of the insect.
I thought mandibles are only for crabs but these look like those
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All arthropods have mandibles, the parts used for gripping and cutting food and things. Even vertebrates have mandibles but in that case it refers to the lower jaw bone. :)
well .. thanks for clarifying that ")