Wednesday, 5 October 2022

Harpoon Heads, Sweeping Tails: How Predatory Mosquito Larvae Capture Prey | Entomology Today

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With striking high-speed video footage, scientists have for the first time detailed how predatory mosquito larvae attack and capture prey in aquatic habitats. Published this week in the Annals of the Entomological Society of America, this new research sheds light on behavior that has long proven too small and too fast to study, until now.

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