Rothschild's silkmoth (IMAGE)

Florida Museum of Natural History

Rothschild's silkmoth

Caption

Insects are notoriously difficult to track due to their minute size, short life-spans and their tendency to be eaten by other organisms. A new simple and inexpensive device developed by a graduate student has the potential to inform scientists of when most insects are active and how environmental disturbance from light pollution, climate change and increasing urbanization affect their behavior.

Credit

Florida Museum photo by Eric Zamora

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