Proboscis of the fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster), coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). The proboscis is an elongated, tubular, flexible sucking mouthpart. Although they can only suck liquefied or tiny pieces of food up through the proboscis, flies are able to eat solid food by vomiting up digestive juices from their stomach onto the food. These stomach juices break the solid food down into small pieces which the fly is then able to suck up through its proboscis. Magnification: x450 when printed at 10cm wide | |
Licence : | Droits gérés |
Crédit: | Science Photo Library / Anne Weston, EM STP, the Francis Crick Institute |
Taille de l’image : | 3594 px × 2960 px |
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