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fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 9 months ago

Moths are indicator species, which means their numbers tell our scientists if an ecosystem is doing well or badly.

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Moths are indicator species, which means their numbers tell our scientists if an ecosystem is doing well or badly.

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  • Roggebrood@feddit.nl
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    TIL my home is a thriving ecosystem

    • idunnololz@lemmy.world
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      Congratulations

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    I haven’t seen many moths lately at night around the light. Hmm…

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      As a guy with Mottephobia, good. As a guy whose planet depends on healthy ecosystems, fuck.

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        Mosquitoes are the only animal/ insect that I hate. I am fairly allergic to their bites so my skin burns and itches for days everywhere I am bit

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          I’d extend this to most parasites of humans, but mosquitoes will always hold a special place of hatred in the spite ventricle of my heart.

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            spite ventricle

            You are pretttttttay, prettttttay, pretttty clever. 😆

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    I’m just passing by this comment section, I’ll let the scientists make interpretations. Have a nice day!

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      GET 'EM, BOYS!

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    I was hoping someone would have an explanation but since there are none, I looked it up myself.

    https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/jan/30/why-are-moths-attracted-to-lights-science-answer

    Tldr: They try to tilt/level their wings with light source thinking it’s sun. Hence they end up getting confused as the light isn’t coming from the sky and their flight path gets messed up trying to align with it.

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    i read “mom” and thought for a moment that there was a stereotype regarding mothers and slapping car roofs.

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    Yeah that was funny!

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