Flight-tone mediated circadian control of audibility in mating swarms of Anopheles mosquitoes
Jason Somers, Marcos Georgiades, Matthew P. Su, Judit Bagi, Marta Andrés, Gordon Mills, Watson Samuel Ntabaliba, Sarah Moore, Roberta Spaccapelo, Joerg T. Albert
The paper shows male Anopheles mosquitoes enhance female audibility by adjusting their flight tones at dusk, leveraging circadian rhythms for synchronized mating.
bioRxiv · Jul 12, 2021 · PreprintNeuroscience