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The Feeding Behavior of Mosquitoes

It is described for Ades aegypti: the female of which feeds on blood. The feeding apparatus is not some kind of hypodermic needle but an exquisitely made piece of biological machinery

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 238 Issue 6This article was originally published with the title “The Feeding Behavior of Mosquitoes” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 238 No. 6 (), p. 138
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0678-138