Only males develop the namesake nose. Proboscis monkeys survive mainly on a diet of leaves, seeds, and unripe fruits but will occasionally consume insects as well. They have complex, chambered ...

The hummingbird-size insect has dull, dark wings that are mottled like charred ... hovering to drink nectar. M. sexta’s proboscis, longer than its 2-inch body, stays unfurled, a straw ready to ... Lab ...

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The proboscis, which other butterflies and moths use to drink ... but it is not clear whether the insect was directly named after him. Scientists have speculated that it could have been given its name ...