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Pour apple cider vinegar into a large Mason jar. Add a chunk of very ripe fruit (apples, peaches and bananas work well) and a ...

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The Bogong moth migrates 1,000 km, using stars in the Milky Way for navigation, a first for insects. They sense Earth's ...

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Native to Australia, tiny Bogong moths travel hundreds of miles in an astonishing annual migration by using the starry night ...

Native to Australia, tiny Bogong moths travel hundreds of miles in an astonishing annual migration by using the starry night sky to navigate, according to a new study.

Clambering into caves To test whether these moths are truly using the stars to navigate, the researchers captured several using a light-trap. This required the team to traverse into the dark, cold ...

"We know that daytime migratory insects use the sun, so testing the starry sky seemed an obvious thing to try." ...

These traps work on common flies and fruit flies, but can trap any insect that falls into their path. Once they’re stuck, they can’t escape, and they eventually die.

During miller moth migrations, they may swarm my moth traps, which are made up of a bright light in front of a white sheet. The crush of miller moths makes finding the less common species that I am ...