Monday, November 24, 2025
Mosquito-based Extruder Nozzle
Not my own work, but these enterprising people have adapted the mouthparts of a dead mosquito into a fine extruder nozzle, getting down to 20μm. An interesting approach. While not one we might use immediately (though do go ahead if it tickles your fancy), it does demonstrate that we can nick bits from nature if that's what it takes. I'm quite interested in the delicate silica structures of diatoms myself.
Screenshot from https://techxplore.com/news/2025-11-repurpose-mosquito-proboscis-3d-nozzle.html below.
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Very interesting idea. I was toying with the idea of using a spider leg as a sharp tipped probe. We have many of those tiny little spiders with very fine and very long legs here, so it is not hard to collect some dead ones. I have a sample jar of them now. In the end I decided not to try that yet as I am not at the point where a simple bit of 0.1 or 0.05 mm wire is not up to the job.
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