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Signal traits can impact attractiveness to eavesdroppers and potential mates alike. Thus, signals are influenced by interacting selection pressures and drive predator\/prey interactions and their consequences (e.g., disease dynamics where eavesdroppers are vectors). We assessed the spectral preferences of eavesdropping micropredators in a near cosmopolitan system\u2014frog\u2010biting midges (\n                    <jats:italic>Corethrella<\/jats:italic>\n                    spp.) and frogs\u2014for the first time in Oceania. Frequency treatments that spanned the spectral profile of the study area's frog fauna (sinusoidal pure tones at 0.1, 0.3, 0.5, 0.8, 1.4, 2.3 and 3.2\u2009kHz) were offered in\u00a0situ in no\u2010choice experiments. Frequencies of 0.5\u20131.4\u2009kHz attracted significantly more midges than silent controls with a peak at 0.8\u2009kHz (74 mean flies vs. 0.36 to control). The lower spectral limit of attractiveness to\n                    <jats:italic>Corethrella<\/jats:italic>\n                    closely matched the lowest\u2010calling local frog species, and was higher than in other regions where even lower\u2010calling frogs occur, suggesting potential evolutionary adjustment of\n                    <jats:italic>Corethrella<\/jats:italic>\n                    's preferred spectral profiles to what is available. The smallest\u2010bodied frogs called above the frequency range that attracted\n                    <jats:italic>Corethrella<\/jats:italic>\n                    , and we posit that this may avoid negative selection pressures that are conceivably stronger for smaller hosts, rather than being purely a result of small bodies' biomechanical constraints. Our results are consistent with broader observations that eavesdroppers and intended receivers commonly share preferences, and competing selection pressures are likely incurred by intended and unintended signal receivers, with implications for signal evolution, disease dynamics and potentially biodiversity conservation.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1002\/ece3.74381","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,21]],"date-time":"2026-09-21T01:48:51Z","timestamp":1789955331000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Host Call Frequency Drives Attractiveness to an Eavesdropping Micropredator"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"16","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7841-9205","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Timothy P.","family":"Cutajar","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Ecosystem Science, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences UNSW Sydney  Sydney New South Wales Australia"},{"name":"Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum  Sydney New South Wales Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Alistair G. 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