City Lights Could Be Giving Some Moths And Butterflies More Time To Mate
A study carried out in Finland and Sweden shows these results stem from the heat and light in these urban areas, altering the way these bugs behave. These behavioral differences could be the case for many other species that depend on temperature to know when seasons are changing. “This situation, where animals use day length to tell what time of year it is, and sort of make seasonal decisions, is a really common one,” says Matthew Nielsen, a physiology researcher at Stockholm University, and one of the authors of the study....