We also show that the response of the antennae of this frog-biting species resembles that of the antenna of species that use hearing for mating. lowii, contrary to most species, males do not use sound for mating, but females use hearing to locate their anuran host. Behavioral, biomechanical and neurophysiological analyses revealed that the antenna of this frog-biting species can detect frog calls by relying on neural and mechanical responses comparable to those of non-frog-biting species. Here, we directly investigated the mechanisms underlying detection of frog calls by a mosquito species specialized on eavesdropping on anuran mating signals: Uranotaenia lowii. Despite the extensive work examining hearing in mosquito species that use sound in mating contexts, our understanding of how mosquitoes hear frog calls is limited. For frog-biting species, however, hearing plays an important role beyond mating as females rely on anuran calls to obtain blood meals. Most mosquito and midge species use hearing during acoustic mating behaviors.

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