Wugmeister@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPtoScience@beehaw.org•breaking news: light pollution is purgatory for bugsEnglish
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8 months agoTo be fair, they are stuck for as long as they want to go straight. At any point they can decide to turn in some other direction that might take them away from the light, at which point they escape the light trap. However, they are burning calories while circling the light that they could be using for pollination
The study also showed that certain species are more susceptible to different kinds of light. Some of them are more likely to orbit under the light, some of them are more likely to orbit above, etc