Scientist Matthew Lehnert uses the latest technology to look deep into a butterfly’s proboscis – or its elongated sucking mouthpart – to determine the mechanism for how it feeds ...

[2] Uptake of liquid from wet surfaces by the brush-tipped proboscis of a butterfly. Scientific Reports (2014). [3] Elastocapillary effect in self-repair of proboscises of butterflies and moths.

See how scientists are using the latest technology to discover how butterflies eat. Scientist Matthew Lehnert uses the latest technology to look deep into a butterfly's proboscis - or it's ...

Butterfly beak. Moth mouthpiece. Lepidoptera lips. Call it whatever you want, the proboscis is a big deal. It's a defining feature of many moths and butterflies – the long, flexible mouthpiece ...