| 🔊🔉Males and females beat their wings at different speeds, making buzzing sounds at different frequencies. The loudest frequency produced by his wingbeats is around 600 hertz. A female’s loudest frequency is around 400 hertz. The male hears the difference between his sound and hers. 🥁Male mosquitoes can beat their wings over 1,000 times per second! 👂A male mosquito listens for a female with his antennae. When she flies by, her wings move the air, which moves his antennae. This slight vibration travels to the base of each antenna and triggers 16,000 sensors, which transmit information to the brain. 💔Once a male finds a female, he attempts to mate midair. But she rejects him 85% of the time. 👢If a male doesn’t get the boot, he curves his abdomen towards her and uses tiny claspers to attach to her body and mate in midair – for up to 30 seconds! | 