Nectar Straw Was Game-Changer (IMAGE)

Florida Museum of Natural History

Nectar Straw Was Game-Changer

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The development of the proboscis, a coiled straw-like mouthpart that can suck up nectar and other fluids, helped boost the diversity of Lepidoptera. Here, a tiger longwing, Heliconius hecale, drinks from a flower.

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Eric Zamora/Florida Museum

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