How Do Mosquitoes Wing It? (IMAGE)

University of Oxford

How Do Mosquitoes Wing It?

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Culex mosquitoes exhibit unusual aerodynamic mechanisms. Streamlines (red) show a vortex along the trailing edge that gives the insects a boost in lift force.

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Image credit: Bomphrey/Nakata/Phillips/Walker

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