These bugs have brown-grey undersides, rounded edges on their “shoulders” behind the head and a thin attachment of the mouthpart to the front of the head. There are black and white bands on ...

Spring has officially sprung in central Ohio, which means outdoor activities will soon start ramping up. Unfortunately, outside is where ticks lie in wait. The little arachnids crawl to the top of ...

The fly makes a cut rather than a small puncture hole with mouthparts like a serrated saw. The fly uses an anticoagulant to stop blood from clotting as it consumes it. The fly anchors to the skin ...

Culex pipiens, the common house mosquito, has been found to carry and transmit the Usutu virus, originally discovered in the 1950s in Africa and present in Europe for the past three decades.

"They probably used their mandibles (mouthparts) to handle their prey in a specific way," Lepeco said. Its mandibles moved up and down and not side to side, as they do in today's ants. "Currently, ...

"They probably used their mandibles (mouthparts) to handle their prey in a specific way," Lepeco said. Its mandibles moved up and down and not side to side, as they do in today's ants. "Currently ...

“American cockroaches have chewing mouthparts, which means they are capable of biting,” he says. “[But] it would not be expected for a cockroach to bite a person and cause harm, and they are ...

What they found astonished them: mouthparts so intricately specialized they rival those of any modern predator. “While we expected to find hell ant features, we were shocked by the ...

These arachnids do not have a tail and don’t sting. However, straight-faced solifugid scorpions have “wicked mouthparts that can bite,” according to Brown. Habitat: These arachnids can be ...