Study: Mosquitoes beat out love song before mating
Thursday, January 8, 2009 - 15:56
in Biology & Nature
(PhysOrg.com) -- That pesky buzz of a nearby mosquito is the sound of love, scientists have known for some time. But a new Cornell study reports that males and females flap their wings and change their tune to create a harmonic duet just before mating.
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