This CT scan is a close-up of the structural features of a male mosquito’s antennae. Purdue University researchers are studying these features to see if they could inform the design of acoustic ...

For male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes ... though not all of these may be actively utilized.” A mosquito antenna consists of a central shaft (the flagellum) made up of segments of different sizes ...

When a sound hits the flagellum and these hairs, both vibrate, so the mosquito hears different frequencies. In the secondary segment of the antenna, physical vibrations from the flagellum are ...

Mosquito antennae are complex structures that transduce ... Zavattieri and Bernal’s team were able to analyze the segments and hairs of the antenna models and then test for which sounds these ...

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is partnering with mosquito engineering company Oxitec to develop a male mosquito designed to kill off future generations of malaria-transmitting bugs.