An interesting article, perhaps this is due to the fact that the light breaks their navigation system in flight))
While this article is being prepared for publication in a peer-reviewed journal, a preview version can be read here:
www.biorxiv.org
While this article is being prepared for publication in a peer-reviewed journal, a preview version can be read here:
Why flying insects gather at artificial light
For millennia, humans have watched nocturnal insects flying erratically around fires and lamps. Explanations have included theories of “lunar navigation” and “escape to light”. However, without three-dimensional flight data to test them rigorously, this odd behaviour has remained unexplained. We...
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