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   ocr: live for only a few days. Females, on the other hand, live for months. The males also appear later in the spring and disappear earlier in the fall than the females. Because the mouth parts of the males are poorly adapted for piercing, they cannot sting. Their food consists of the juices of fruits, the nectars of plants, and SO on. 717