Thomas Neil receives funding from Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) . There aren’t many better examples of two species embroiled in an intense struggle for survival than bats ...
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Playing specific bat-like ultrasounds can suppress moth reproduction, offering a smart way to protect crops
For many nocturnal moths, hearing sound waves is a matter of survival in the night sky. Their ability to detect ultrasonic calls emitted by bats determines whether they escape or become prey. This ...
Scientists recently discovered that Luna moths use their long tails as decoys to throw bats off their trail. But their tails also make Luna moths might also make them stand out to potential mates and ...
Jesse Barber and Akito Kawahara study the evolutionary arms race between bats and moths. In Sumacó, Ecuador, Entomologists Jesse Barber and Akito Kawahara study the centuries-long evolutionary arms ...
Ultrasound absorbers: false-colour 3D representation of a 0.21×0.28 mm wing section of the moth Lasiocampa quercus showing the structure, diversity, and arrangement of base scales (orange) and cover ...
Advanced Inquiry Program student Niki Desautels created this infographic as part of her Issues in Evolution course to summarize the way that bats have influenced moth evolution over millions of years, ...
Marc Holderied receives funding from Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (Grant EP/T002654/1). Thomas R Neil receives funding from the EPSRC. In dark skies around the world there ...
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