Tag: butterflies

New Lit Alert: Oriented migratory flight at night: Consequences of nighttime light pollution for monarch butterflies

Oriented migratory flight at night: Consequences of nighttime light pollution for monarch butterflies Adam F. Parlin, Samuel M. Stratton, and Patrick A. Guerra Abstract We show that light trespass—a form of nighttime light pollution (NLP)—elicits normal daytime clock-mediated migratory behavior in fall monarch butterflies during their night-cycle. In controlled indoor flight simulator studies isolating the... Continue Reading →

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Migrating Monarchs in Manhattan

The field of urban evolution is relatively young, but researchers have been fascinated by animal movement through cities for quite some time. Recently, I was perusing the archives of the Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society and came across a note by Sidney Hessel detailing the movements of monarch butterflies through Manhattan. He observed 82 monarchs... Continue Reading →

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