There are thousands of species of mosquitoes, but a distinguishing characteristic is that the female possesses a tube-like mouthpart, called a proboscis, which pierces the skin of the host to draw ...

Only female mosquitoes bite, and they use our blood as protein for their eggs. Mosquitoes use their proboscis, or part of their mouth, to cut the skin and get to the capillaries or veins to fill ...

This video shows fluorescently labeled malaria parasites in a drop of saliva (1) coming out of a mosquito's mouth, also called a proboscis (2). At this stage in its life cycle, a plasmodium can be up ...

It's not just a stick-it-in-and-suck action like you probably guessed. The mosquito's proboscis goes searching and probing through layers of your skin to find and infiltrate a suitable vessel.

A mosquito homes in on you by sensing the proximity of blood from your sweat, your breath, your warmth. Her feeding apparatus, that elaborate proboscis, is a multipart marvel with a skin-piercing ...

When a female mosquito bites a human, they stick their proboscis into the skin and inject their saliva, the chemical make-up of which prevents the blood from clotting. The saliva acts like an ...

I’ve always found primates endlessly fascinating to film. Their expressions and behaviours grab my attention in a way few other groups of animals do, and the addition of a large fatty nose makes ...