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How listening for the right buzz keeps mosquitoes from mating with the wrong species - EurekAlert


A group from Nagoya University in Japan has discovered how mosquitoes identify their own species by listening for the frequency of their wingbeats, which they use to avoid wasted mating efforts. The group hopes to use the research to develop tools to control the reproduction of specific mosquito species using artificial flight sounds.

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