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  • A fly drinks water from a leaf. (John Tann, Wikimedia Commons)
    How Insects Drink
    Michelle Ross
    Insects need water. How they get their water depends a lot on their diets. Herbivorous insects get most of their water from their food because plants contain a lot of water.