00:00This app records mosquitoes to help protect you from malaria.
00:05The captured sounds are used to train an AI tool that could help prevent the next insect-borne outbreak.
00:12To do that, researchers are building a database of recordings of various mosquito species.
00:18Based on the sounds mosquitoes make when flying, the tool can identify the species and determine which diseases it may
00:25carry.
00:25The insects can transmit a range of diseases, killing around a million people each year.
00:32Now you can help researchers collect mosquito sounds with this app.
00:36All you need to do is trap the mosquitoes in a mesh net and start a recording.
00:41When mosquitoes fly, species sound different based on their size and wing movement.
00:46Volunteers learn which species they captured after submitting their recording.
00:50This helps scientists expand the database and develop mosquito monitoring technology.
