Author: Bonn 2017-06-29
Scientists Uncover Mystery of Mosquito Flight
The mosquito is a troublesome and sometimes dangerous insect. Their bites itch and can carry dangerous diseases, like malaria, Zika virus andyellow fever.
Recently, researchers discovered how mosquitoes fly. This knowledge:
Mosquito wings are small and have an uncommon shape. Because of this, it is hard to believethat they are able to fly So, how is their flight possible?The team of scientists from Britain and Japan solved the mystery. They used high-speedcameras and computer images to understand the mechanics of how the insect moves itswings to stay in the air. The insect has two antennae, or tall, thin organs on its head that it uses to feel things. the mosquito's wings move eight hundred times each second. That is four times faster than many insects of a similar
size.Mosquitoes fly by moving their wings in several different directions.
The thin top edges of their wings move forward first and then they reverse direction and movedown. The movement
looks almost as if the wings are drawing the number eight.The research team believes the mosquitoes' wing movements could help inventors design newflying devices.
Walker says that existing unmanned flying devices – or drones –do not work very well outsidebecause wind can affect their flight.
"Insects, on the other hand, deal really, really well with even quite windy conditions. Sounder standing how they can
do this is going to be advantageous to us in the future."
These researchers say that, more importantly, understanding how mosquitoes fly might helpfind ways to stop them
from spreading diseases
help find ways to stop mosquitoes from spreading diseases in the future
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