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13. Locomotion through use of the mouth brushes in the larva of Culex pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae).
The larva of the mosquito Culex pipiens is a filter-feeder and is able to use the feeding current generated by its mouth brushes to glide slowly through the water. The hydrodynamics of the mouth brushes, and of gliding, were investigated by visualizing the feeding current using dyes. Unlike the mouth brushes of a sessile filter-feeder such as the blackfly la