Hawkmoths

Hawkmoths Reveal Their Slow-Processing Secrets For Life in the Dead of Night

In difficult situations between life and death, sometimes inaction is the same as making the wrong choice. Sometimes instead, using your brain less and doing more is the right answer. And it appears that for the hawkmoth Manduca sexta, slowing its thought process may just be the adaptation that it needs to feed in dark of night.

Hawkmoths Interfere Bats' Sonars With Ultrasound From Genitalia

Hawkmoths have evolved a unique way to combat one of their most feared predators, bats. How, you ask, does the moth combat its 65-million-year-old enemy? Simple, by jamming a bat's echolocation with high-frequency sounds from their genitalia.

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