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Arthropods exhibit every type of feeding mode. They include carnivores, herbivores, detritus feeders, filter feeders, and parasites, and there are specializations within these major categories. Typically, paired appendages around the mouth are used for collecting and handling food and are usually specialized in accordance with the particular diet of the animal. For example, the insect family Aphididae has mouthparts adapted for piercing vegetation and sucking out plant juices. The crustacean fiddler crabs, which emerge from burrows on sand flats at low tide, scoop up the surface sand with their small claws (only one in the male) and place the sand ...(100 of 5803 words)