Tag Archives: Breathe

How do insects breathe? Part 2: Parasites

Posted on January 26, 2015 by joeballenger2005

Written by Joe Ballenger In the first part of our post, Wait, Insects Breathe? But How?, we talked about how insects breathe. Although they use oxygen, like humans, they don’t use lungs. Instead, they use a system of hollow tubes … Continue reading →

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Wait, Insects Breathe!? But How? Part I

Posted on January 21, 2015 by Polistes fuscatus

Post by Nancy Miorelli and Joe Ballenger One day, while puttering around on Twitter we noticed that there was a #BugQuestions already…and there are some really neat questions here. The question of how insects breathe is one which is commonly … Continue reading →

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