# Mosquito's hum

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mosquitos-hum/107502>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [May 6, 2002, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mosquitos-hum/107502 "2002-05-06T06:23:23Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mosquitos-hum/107502/1 "2002-05-06T06:23:23Z")

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[http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mmosquitohum.html](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mmosquitohum.html)

Does the Doppler effect come in to play in a significant way here?

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**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mosquitos-hum/107502/2 "2002-05-06T07:20:28Z")

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No. A mosquito flies at about 1.5 mph, not enough to generate a significant doppler effect (he’d have to be doing about 60 to get a single note’s difference, I think).