palpus

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When you touch him, he draws up slowly one leg after another, or moves a palpus feebly.

From Insect Stories by Kellogg, Vernon L. (Vernon Lyman)

Terminal joint of each palpus less than a third as long as the middle joint.

From Butterflies Worth Knowing by Weed, Clarence M.

Palpiger: that sclerite of the labium to which the labial palpus is attached corresponds to the palpifer of the maxilla and has been used in the same general sense.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

Each short palpus has a large middle joint and a small joint at the tip.

From Butterflies Worth Knowing by Weed, Clarence M.

The mouth-parts in this genus are much as in Tomocerus, the maxillæ ending in a lacinia and palpus.

From Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses by Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring)