Here's what attract them to you and why mosquito bites are so painful and itchy. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ... Mosquitoes use their proboscis, or part of their mouth, ...

The mosquito pierces your skin with their "proboscis," their feeding mouth part. But the proboscis isn't a single, straight, needle-like tube. There are multiple tubes, some designed for sucking ...

If you’ve ever been bitten by a mosquito, you know how frustrating their itchy bites can be. The more you scratch, the more they itch. Some experts break down why these bites itch so much and ...

Mosquito season is starting to rev up across much of the United States. And that means bug bites. When a mosquito bites you, it pierces the skin using a mouthpart called a proboscis to suck up blood.

Give your vampire-fighting allies something worth fighting for. Provide a safe environment with a variety of foods, water, ...

The mosquito inserts its proboscis and sucks up food which the ant squeezes from its stomach. Both parties seem to enjoy this interchange. The mosquito vibrates its wings with pleasure; ...

FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- There's an old joke that mosquitoes are like family: They are annoying, but they carry your blood. Mosquito season is starting to rev up across much of the United States.

The point of a mosquito’s proboscis is serrated and softer at its tip. The insect stretches the skin of its prey before biting, and vibrates its proboscis as it pushes it in.

In a potentially huge development for fashion in tropical countries, an entomologist has come up with a Spandex-polyester weave that’s impermeable to the proboscis of the mosquito ...