To a mosquito, matchmaking means 'singing' in perfect harmony

Sunday, January 3, 2010 - 20:28 in Biology & Nature

Researchers have new insight into the sex lives of the much-maligned mosquitoes that are responsible for the vast majority of malaria deaths, according to a new study. In finding a partner of the right species type, male and female mosquitoes depend on their ability to "sing" in perfect harmony. Those tones are produced and varied based on the frequency of their wing beats in flight.

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