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Australian Moths Are the First Known Insects to Navigate by the Stars, Revealing a Migratory Superpower (www.smithsonianmag.com)
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[–] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 week ago

Is this related to why...

Close-up image of moth with caption "Heavy breathing"

with light?

[–] jwt@programming.dev 2 points 1 week ago

I assume they're also able to navigate by magnetic fields alone? (in case it's cloudy)

[–] loomy@lemy.lol 0 points 1 week ago

don't do this