 Image Number D3238-1 |
Sensory hairs at the tip of the proboscis, or beak, of the yellowfever mosquito have cells that respond to a feeding deterrent and the mosquito repellent DEET.
Photo by Joseph Dickens and Gary Bauchan.
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