KIDS TRIVIA

Detailed explanation-1: -Labrum-a cover which may be loosely referred to as the upper lip. Mandibles-hard, powerful cutting jaws. Maxillae-‘pincers’ which are less powerful than the mandibles. Labium-the lower cover, often referred to as the lower lip. More items

Detailed explanation-2: -Take a look at the mouthparts of the cricket. On the front side of the head you can first see the upper lip (labrum). Below the upper lip there are the upper jaws (mandibles) that are strong structures which cut and chew food. You can remove the labrum and mandibels with forceps and look at them trough microscope.

Detailed explanation-3: -BITING & CHEWING TYPE or MANDIBULATE TYPE This type of mouth parts are found in cockroaches, grasshoppers, locusts, termites, wasps, book and bird lice, earwigs, dragonflies and other large number of insects. On the dorsal side there is an upper lip called labrum, which is attached to the base with the clypeus of face.

Detailed explanation-4: -Insects with sharp, powerful mandibles are classified as “chewing insects.” They are able to cut and chew solid food such as leaves, seeds or other insects. Grasshoppers, crickets, ants, cockroaches and earwigs are all chewing insects.