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We talked this summer in a wonderfull warm night about it. Usually there are some kind of bugs around at nighttime. But there was not even one around. Our idea
by _trampeltier 8y ago
We talked this summer in a wonderfull warm night about it. Usually there are some kind of bugs around at nighttime. But there was not even one around. Our idea was, because of all light is LED now, or something like this.
- DonaldFisk 8y agoInsects can see ultraviolet light but not red.
- excalibur 8y agoI'm no expert on the matter, but that seems like a pretty sweeping generalization.
- strainer 8y agoFrom a cursory review of results for "insect visual spectrum" it seems to check out - quite useful to know.
- DonaldFisk 8y agoThis site confirms it: https://indianapublicmedia.org/amomentofscience/insect-color-vision/ https://indianapublicmedia.org/amomentofscience/insect-color... I knew because ultraviolet light is used by entomologists to attract insects to traps during the night, e.g. moths: https://mississippientomologicalmuseum.org.msstate.edu/collecting.preparation.methods/Blacklight.traps.htm https://mississippientomologicalmuseum.org.msstate.edu/colle... This site gives the visual spectrum response of a species of beetle: http://cronodon.com/BioTech/Insect_Vision.html http://cronodon.com/BioTech/Insect_Vision.html