What Does Light Pollution Do to Texas Moths? Read to Find Out
Moths use moonlight and starlight to navigate. But artificial lights? They don’t move. So when a moth spots a bulb, it locks onto it like a GPS gone haywire. It spirals in circles, burns its energy, or becomes easy prey. In areas like Mount Graham in Arizona camping zones, where the dark still has its say, moths behave more naturally—feeding, mating, pollinating. But in sprawling urban Texas? They’re falling off the map.
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Moths use moonlight and starlight to navigate. But artificial lights? They don’t move. So when a moth spots a bulb, it locks onto it like a GPS gone haywire. It spirals in circles, burns its energy, or becomes easy prey. In areas like Mount Graham in Arizona camping zones, where the dark still has its say, moths behave more naturally—feeding, mating, pollinating. But in sprawling urban Texas? They’re falling off the map.
Read More : https://www.birdersonthero...
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