How is this possible? A mosquito's proboscis includes an internal tubular labrum (that does the bloodsucking), which is sheathed between two serrated maxillae – one on either side. The maxillae ...

It details the process known as margin feeding, where grasshoppers cut and chew leaves using their specialized mouth parts: the labrum, mandibles, maxillae, and labium. The mandibles are ...

Fossils attributed to Velociraptor had been found there in the past but have generally been forgotten, but a pair of jaw bones (the maxillae) discovered in 1999 represented something new.