I started the second part of my (extremely frustrating) verdugo studies, and I present to you, my rendition of the jaw!
I spent a reaaaaallllly long time flipping between reference images of the open and closed mouth and I nearly lost my mind trying to figure out how everything folded. BUT! I managed to make SOME sense of it I think!
These are just a few potential ideas for the placement for all those unnecessary mouth pieces! I’m not entirely sure what that bottom “chin” part is, but I’m thinking maybe it’s the chelicera folded in a way so that the fangs are hidden?
I also noticed this little… maxilla? I’m not actually sure what it is (someone who knows bugs can PLEASE chime in here), but it’s something? Maybe!?
Anyways, the more I look at this thing’s mouth, the more I feel like the designers just took every insect mouth part they could think of and made an amalgamation of it. It’s honestly a miracle there’s not a proboscis thrown in there too!