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Piercing and sucking mouth parts are found in

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Ticks
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Mosquitoes
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Housefly
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Butterfly
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The correct option is C Mosquitoes
Mouth parts of mosquito are needle like sucking and piercing type which help the animal to suck blood. First the animal pours anticoagulants through the mouth parts into the skin of host, which usually is responsible for burning and itching sensation to the host then mosquito sucks blood through capillary tube or fine needle like mouth parts.

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