Anopheles mosquitoes have long, thin palps near their mouths that are about the same length as their main mouthpart. Culex pipiens mosquitoes can spread the Japanese Encephalitis virus ...

The assassin bug, beneath its creepy camouflage, uses a needle-like mouthpart to paralyze prey and suck out their liquefied insides.

If you live in an area that's recently been impacted by flooding or unrelenting rain, you may have noticed an increase in mozzies. The damp, humid conditions are ideal for mosquito breeding and ...

The species, Camponotus floridanus, has been seen using two main ways to treat injuries: carefully cleaning wounds with their mouthparts and, in more severe cases, removing the damaged leg.

Cicadas do not bite because they don’t have those mouthparts, pest experts previously told the Indianapolis Star, part of the USA TODAY Network. They instead use a long, straw-like tube to suck ...

Like most scales, they damage plants by sucking the juice out through their mouthparts. A light infestation may not do much harm, but they can reproduce quickly into unmanageable numbers.

They land on us and probe our skin, puncturing it with their needle-like mouthparts. This does two things. First, the mouthparts lacerate capillaries in our skin, releasing adenosine triphosphate ...

“Ticks bury their mouthparts deep into the skin of both animals and humans while they feed, then drop off once they're full,” she said. “When they finish feeding, they become dark grey or ...

In Finland, farmers who have transitioned to regenerative agriculture perceive intuition as something that leads to better decision-making, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows.