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He went on to study moth vision as a PhD student, and one day, at a science conference, he saw Fabian report on how he had tracked the flight of dragonflies using high-resolution motion capture video.
Bogong moths (Agrotis infusa) fly up 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) to take shelter in the handful of high-altitude caves that stay cold enough for them through the heat of the Australian summer. Flying ...
Each spring, millions of Bogong moths fly 1,000km south to the caves of the Australian Alps to escape the summer heat. Now we know how they find their way.
A species of Australian moth travels up to a thousand kilometres every summer using the stars to navigate, scientists said Wednesday, the first time this talent has been discovered in ...
Each spring, billions of bogong moths fill southeast Australia’s skies. Fleeing the lowlands and trying to beat the heat, they fly roughly 600 miles to caves embedded in the Australian Alps.
About 61 positions were restored in the latest budget proposal, after a total of 80 were ready to be cut. When the stars were as they should be, the moths flapped in the right direction.
Both male and female rosy moths fly exclusively at night. Pink-striped oakworm moths, in the genus Anisota, are less flashy, with subtle grades of ocher, umber and marl.