This video makes me itch: up-close footage of a mosquito drinking someone's blood is the kind of thing that I can't stand ...

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 ...

We squash mosquitoes with our enormous hands ... Her feeding apparatus, that elaborate proboscis, is a multipart marvel with a skin-piercing fascicle of tiny stylets that can suck your blood ...

Mosquitoes use the proboscis to pierce skin, inject a cocktail of saliva proteins and ingest blood during a bloodmeal. In this issue, Bento et al. show that mosquitoes’ circadian clocks regulate ...

Greg reminds us that mosquitoes are "the world's deadliest animal" and that mosquito-borne diseases kill more than 700,000 people globally each year. So the importance of using an effective ...

While male mosquitoes do not feed on blood and survive on nectar and plant juices, they also do not bite since they are ...

Male mosquitoes do not feed on blood and survive on nectar and plant juices. They don't bite because they do not have the specialized mouthparts (proboscis) needed to pierce skin and feed on blood.

Scientists may have found a solution to stop the spread of malaria: poisoning mosquitoes with human blood. New research suggests that the mosquito-borne malady can be curbed by getting the insects ...

Scientists are genetically modifying mosquitoes in the hope of stopping the spread of malaria. The technique, which uses genes taken from the honeybee and the African clawed frog, blocks normal ...

Mosquitoes die after drinking the blood of people taking a drug for metabolic disorders — a discovery that could help to prevent the spread of malaria 1. Every year, malaria kills more than half ...

Ticks, mosquitoes and chiggers are among the most common biting insects found outdoors in Missouri. Missouri is home to venomous spiders, including the brown recluse and black widow, whose bites ...