Mosquitoes Attract Mates By 'Harmonizing'

Thursday, December 31, 2009 - 13:07 in Biology & Nature

The authors of a new study published in Current Biology say they've gained new insight into the sex lives of malaria spreading mosquitoes. In finding a partner of the right species type, male and female mosquitoes depend on their ability to "sing" in perfect harmony, and those tones are produced and varied based on the frequency of their wing beats in flight. read more

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