Ingo Arndt / Tiger beetle close up of mouthparts {Cicindela hydriba} Hessen, Germany

Andy Sands / Long Water Measurer (Hydrometra stagnorum) drinking by piercing surface tension with mouthparts. Captive, UK, July.

Stephen Dalton / Horsefly (Tabanus sp) male feeding on flower nectar, UK

Stephen Dalton / Honey bees (Apis mellifera) group of four drinking water, UK

Solvin Zankl / Camel spider / Wind scorpion {Solifugae} close up of mouthparts, Namib Desert, Namibia

Solvin Zankl / Close up of face, antennae and mouthparts of large male Peacock mantis shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus) Lembeh Straits, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Solvin Zankl / Close up of face and mouthparts of large male Peacock mantis shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus) Lembeh Straits, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Tim Laman / Jumping spider (Salticidae) in Sierra Madre National Park, Luzon, Philippines. September

Kim Taylor / Close up of eyes of Common Darter Dragonfly (Sympetrum striolatum) newly emerged adult, Surrey, UK

Kim Taylor / Green Tiger Beetle (Cicindela campestris) portrait showing jaws, Surrey, UK

David Fleetham / Pacific Sea Apple sea cucumber (Pseudocolochirus violaceus) feeds on passing plankton with feathery mouthparts, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Ingo Arndt / Close-up of mouthparts of Stag beetle (Lucanus cervus)