2021年12月6日 · Kinds of bugs attracted to light at night sorted out from a mass of insect parts taken from the CFL fixture. The pile of the material consisted of wasps, moths, winged termites and ants, moths, beetles, flies, plant bugs, among others. All identifiable stuff includes insects except no. 17 – a shed house lizard skin.

They are soft-bodied beetles commonly called fireflies, lightning bugs, or glowworms for their conspicuous production of light, mainly during twilight, to attract mates. [5] The type species is Lampyris noctiluca: the common glow-worm of Europe.

When you step outside on a warm summer night, you might notice tiny lights dancing in the darkness. These natural glimmers come from a fascinating group of insects that have the unique ability to produce light. This phenomenon, known as bioluminescence, is especially known in fireflies, capturing the hearts of many with their twinkling displays.

2024年1月30日 · Now research published this week in Nature Communications might have finally solved the mystery: artificial light confuses insects’ ability to orient themselves to the horizon, scrambling their...

2024年1月30日 · To understand the effects of artificial light on insect flight at night, we captured high-resolution flight trajectories across 10 different orders of insects in the presence of artificial...

5 天之前 · A light trap used by scientists to study nocturnal insects. Tanya Latty. Artificial lighting at night can also disrupt nocturnal insect reproduction. And, predators such as owls and bats may learn ...

2024年2月15日 · New research finds that artificial lights confuse rather than attract insects. High up in the mountains of Monteverde, Costa Rica, a team of researchers lug heavy equipment including two...

1 天前 · Artificial light at night (ALAN) is a widespread, human-induced alteration of the landscape that affects insect dispersal and potentially contributes to insect decline. We used an experimental area with streetlights installed adjacent to an agricultural drainage ditch to experimentally assess the abundance and diversity of emerging and flying aquatic Diptera over a …

Fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae), click beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae), and glowworms (Diptera: Keroplatidae) are among the most charismatic of all nocturnal insects, and their unique light-based communication system may make them especially vulnerable to artificial illumination.

4 天之前 · Artificial lights at night are causing serious disruption to insects on the night shift. Insects often become disoriented, flying in endless circles around bright lights, burning energy they ...