Along with his colleagues at Osaka's Kansai University, mechanical engineer Seiji Aoyagi has created an almost pain-free hypodermic needle that is based on a mosquito's proboscis. Perhaps ...

Seiji Aoyagi and colleagues at Kansai University in Osaka, Japan, have developed a needle that mimics a mosquito’s proboscis ... labrum (see diagram). The sections of the needle break the ...

In a recently published paper, Bhushan and his colleagues reported on their detailed analysis of the mosquito's proboscis -- the part that feeds on us. They identified four keys to how the insects ...

The horrific video below shows what actually happens when a mosquito pierces ... red tubes are blood vessels. The proboscis is flexible and made up of several sections, which split apart when ...

Ever watched a mosquito suck blood? It’s a silent and stealthy extraction if not for the accompanying itch. By design, the long serrated needle—call it proboscis—mosquitoes use to puncture ...

How can a tube as flimsy as a mosquito’s proboscis be stiff enough to act as a hollow boring tool? What is it made of and what is the typical wall thickness of this amazing auger? Also ...

Male mosquitoes, which do not lay eggs, subsist primarily on nectar. A male mosquito’s proboscis – its elongated feeding-tube mouth – is not able to pierce skin, unlike a female mosquito’s ...