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Migrating moths make mass movements magnetically

Discussion in 'Wildlife & Nature Conservation' started by DavidBrown, 24 Jun 2018.

  1. DavidBrown

    DavidBrown Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    Bogong moths live in the arid plains of interior eastern Australia and then fly up to the mountains in the billions to spend summers in caves. New research suggests that they use magnetic fields to help find the caves and fly back. They have one of the largest know insect migrations.
    Has anybody here seen a bogong moth?


    Magnetic Sense Helps Billions of Moths on an Australian Migration
     
    DavidBrown, 24 Jun 2018
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    Giant Panda and birdsandbats like this.
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    Kakapo Well-Known Member

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    Wow, the title of this post is amazing, we would make it an acronym as "MMMMMM"
     
    Kakapo, 27 Jun 2018
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