Warmer weather is here and so are the mosquitoes. Here’s what happens when a mozzie bites and our body reacts.

Only female mosquitoes bite, and they use our blood as protein for their eggs. Mosquitoes use their proboscis, or part of their mouth, to cut the skin and get to the capillaries or veins to fill up ...

Male mosquitoes may be nearly as bloodthirsty as ... Male’s long tubelike mouth parts aren’t capable of piercing deeply enough to draw blood. But a scratch delivered by Rasgon’s cat, Jiji ...

They're like the "Twilight" vampires without the sexy abs. Mm. The mosquito uses its mouth parts to pierce the skin. At this very moment, the mosquito's saliva is thinning the blood so it won't ...

The female Anopheles mosquito may well be the most dangerous creature on Earth. When she lands on human skin, she sucks up blood through her needle-shaped mouth and injects saliva into the wound.