Mosquitoes match wing beats before mating »
Posted By TechnologyExpert 10 months ago in Science & TechnologyThat annoying mosquito buzz turns out to be a love song, a discovery that Cornell University researchers say may be turned against the biting insects. Ronald R. Hoy and his colleagues found that mosquitoes that spread diseases like yellow and dengue fever alter their wing vibrations in a mating signal.
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The researchers were surprised that the insects could even sense that overtone.
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