Built in sound amplifier helps male mosquitoes find females
3 October 2018
New study led by the Ear Institute's Joerg Albert
The ears of male mosquitoes amplify the sound of an approaching female using a self-generated phantom tone that mimics the female’s wingbeats, which increases the ear’s acoustic input by a factor of up to 45,000, finds a new Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê-led study.
The team responsible for the study, led by Joerg AlbertÌýhave beenÌýstudying disease-carrying mosquitoes, and hope their findings, published inÌýNature Communications, could help design acoustic lures to control the spread of deadly diseases.
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- °Õ´Ç±è:ÌýAedes aegyptiÌý(Yellow fever mosquito), with male on left with bushier antennae. (Credit: E. A. Goeldi (1905) Os Mosquitos no Pará, Source:Ìý)
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