HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
ENTOMOLOGY
Question
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mandibles
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modified legs
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maxilla
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modified mouthparts
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Detailed explanation-1: -However, in contrast to spiders, centipede fangs are modified front limbs that end in a sharp point.
Detailed explanation-2: -The centipedes (Chilopoda) are predaceous and possess a pair of strong, poison-supplied fangs called toxicognaths used to hold and kill their prey. Toxicognaths are modified legs, and the venom they inject can be painful. Centipedes are fast moving, in contrast to the slow-moving millipedes.
Detailed explanation-3: -Centipedes are elongate, flattened arthropods with one pair of legs for each of the typical body segments, which may number from 15 to more than 100. The first segment bears a pair of curved hollow fangs with venom glands at the bases.
Detailed explanation-4: -Centipedes or “hundred-leggers” are predators that use sharp fangs to inject venom into the insects and other small creatures on which they feed.
Detailed explanation-5: -The forcipules are modifications of the first pair of legs (the maxillipeds), forming a pincer-like appendage, always located just behind the head. Forcipules are not actual oral mouthparts, though they are used in the subduing of prey animals, notably for injecting venom and holding on to their victims.