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I have a feeling the stars are used by insects to navigate in pitch dark environments. And the lack of stars may be causing a large decline in insect populatio
by nashashmi 3y ago
I have a feeling the stars are used by insects to navigate in pitch dark environments. And the lack of stars may be causing a large decline in insect population.
Making a road trip in the light polluted northeast america, I was looking for stars in the darkest of forested of environments, and I could not find any stars anywhere. I am not sure if the clouds were there. But I realize I have not seen stars in a long time.
- r2_pilot 3y agoI hope you get the opportunity to see them soon. I live in the south and I enjoy them, although the "seeing" (astronomy term) is poor here due to the jet stream.
- chankstein38 3y agoI'd argue that, based on what this paper is discussing at least, it'd be pretty impossible for them to use stars to navigate. I'm not sure what they'd do in pitch dark environments but if they're using either the sun, moon, or artificial light to help them navigate, I highly doubt stars would even register/be detectable to them.
- tzs 3y agoIt depends on what you count as using stars. Insects don’t have good enough eyes to see individual stars, but dung beetles can see the Milky Way and use it for navigation.