Nocturnal anti-predator adaptations in eared and earless Nearctic Lepidoptera

Nocturnal flight exposes insects to selection pressures that include reduced light and the hunting behavior of insectivorous bats. Using a phylogenetically based selection of wild moths collected from a Nearctic site, we report that earless species fly less throughout the night than eared species. T...

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Published in:Behavioral ecology 2004-11, Vol.15 (6), p.1016-1022
Main Authors: Soutar, Amanda R., Fullard, James H.
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