Dancing in the Moonlight: Time to Enjoy the Magic of Moths
BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA, JUL 4 – Seventeen male Polyphemus moths were drawn to a 15-watt ultraviolet light, disrupting mating and increasing predation risk, illustrating effects of light pollution on moth behavior.
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Musician uses moths’ flight data to compose a piece about their decline
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. They are vital pollinators who come out at night, but now moths have emerged into the bright light of day as co-creators of a new piece of music—composed using the insects’ own flight data. Ellie Wilson composed Moth x Human in a protected habitat on Parsonage Down in Salisbury, Wiltshire. She assigned each of the 80 resident mot…
Moths and light pollution: A fatal attraction - Farm and Dairy
I’ve been reading more and more about how artificial lights are negatively affecting the behavior of wildlife around the world, especially nocturnal insects. Reading is one thing, but until reality smacks you in the face, it’s difficult to truly comprehend the negative impacts. My life revolves around insects, particularly moths, which I have been rearing since childhood. I suppose when you are intimate with something for this long, you can’t he…
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