US Edition'One of the great wonders of nature': Insect migration superhighway discovered
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For 70 years, people have been looking for this place located in the Spanish part of the Pyrenees. Insects migrate through it from Northern Europe to the south of the continent.
Ils sont plus de 17 millions d'insectes à transiter chaque automne par le même goulot d'étranglement dans les Pyrénées. Des scientifiques ont observé ce spectaculaire phénomène à la frontière de la France et de l'Espagne. Ils viennent de publier leurs conclusions.
'Magical sight': Mass insect migration in European mountain pass
Scientist Will Hawkes said the first sign he was about to witness one of nature's great migrations was being enveloped by a "blizzard of butterflies, cabbage whites and clouded yellows, like a storm of petals".
'Magical sight': Mass insect migration in European mountain pass
Scientist Will Hawkes said the first sign he was about to witness one of nature's great migrations was being enveloped by a "blizzard of butterflies, cabbage whites and clouded yellows, like a storm of petals".
Not only birds, but also insects migrate to the warm south in autumn. Researchers have observed the buzzing spectacle on a mountain range between France and Spain.
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