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Description
Let's take a look at how the black swallowtail butterfly and the western honeybee feed on nectar. Butterflies, like the black swallowtail, have a long tongue which they can curl and uncurl to drink through like a straw. Because of these mouthparts, butterfles are mainly restricted to a liquid diet. Honeybees collect nectar from one flower to another. They climb onto the flower and drink up the nectar with their straw-like mouth and collect it in a little sac called a crop. They also collect pollen in their legs. You see, butterflies and honeybees make very important pollinators. And without them, everything would die.

Description
Let's take a look at how the black swallowtail butterfly and the western honeybee feed on nectar. Butterflies, like the black swallowtail, have a long tongue which they can curl and uncurl to drink through like a straw. Because of these mouthparts, butterfles are mainly restricted to a liquid diet. Honeybees collect nectar from one flower to another. They climb onto the flower and drink up the nectar with their straw-like mouth and collect it in a little sac called a crop. They also collect pollen in their legs. You see, butterflies and honeybees make very important pollinators. And without them, everything would die.