Artificial light at night aids caterpillar predators
To save caterpillars, turn off your porch light.
To save caterpillars, turn off your porch light.
Plants & Animals
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Butterflies and moths, the Lepidoptera, are among the most beautiful of insects, familiar to almost everyone through thousands of different species from all around the world. But how they evolved has been something of a mystery ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Jan 15, 2018
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Butterflies fly during the day while moths travel at night - or so you might think. In reality, their behavior is much more complicated.
Plants & Animals
Dec 12, 2017
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A beautiful new Black-eyed Satyr species has become the first butterfly named in honour of the popular naturalist and TV presenter Sir David Attenborough. Although not the first animal to be named after the British national ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 1, 2015
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Butterflies and moths were the first biological indicators considered for the purpose of GMO monitoring within the VDI guidelines series. The European community stipulates a monitoring plan in order to trace and identify ...
Biotechnology
Aug 8, 2013
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For years, pilots flying into combat have jammed enemy radar to get the drop on their opponents. It turns out that moths can do it, too.
Plants & Animals
Jul 3, 2013
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Ypsolophid moths are a peculiar group of Lepidoptera that attracts attention with their strange preference for a pose of rest. To take a break adult Ypsolophids like to go bottom up with antennae stretched forward. The larvae ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 16, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Butterflies are among the most vibrant insects, with colorations sometimes designed to deflect predators. New University of Florida research shows some of these defenses may be driven by enemies one-tenth their ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 12, 2013
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In the rain forests of the Congo, where mammals and birds are hunted to near-extinction, an impenetrable sound of buzzing insects blankets the atmosphere.
Plants & Animals
Dec 20, 2012
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University of Florida lepidopterist Andrei Sourakov has spent his life's work studying moths and butterflies. But it was his teenage daughter, Alexandra, who led research on how color impacts butterflies' feeding patterns.
Plants & Animals
Apr 30, 2012
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