Death's-head hawkmoth migration Europe-reference-data

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2022-08-13
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https://doi.org/10.5441/001/1.f4r24r5r/2
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Menz MHM, Scacco M, Bürki-Spycher H, Williams HJ, Reynolds DR, Chapman JW, Wikelski M. 2022. Death's-head hawkmoth migration Europe-reference-data. Movebank Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5441/001/1.f4r24r5r/2
Abstract
Each year, trillions of insects make long-range seasonal migrations. These movements are relatively well understood at a population level, but how individual insects achieve them remains elusive. Behavioral responses to conditions en route are little studied, primarily owing to the challenges of tracking individual insects. Using a light aircraft and individual radio tracking, we show that nocturnally migrating death’s-head hawkmoths maintain control of their flight trajectories over long distances. The moths did not just fly with favorable tailwinds; during a given night, they also adjusted for head and crosswinds to precisely hold course. This behavior indicates that the moths use a sophisticated internal compass to maintain seasonally beneficial migratory trajectories independent of wind conditions, illuminating how insects traverse long distances to take advantage of seasonal resources.
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animal migration,animal movement,animal tracking,Acherontia atropos,Acherontiini,death’s-head hawkmoth,invertebrates,radio telemetry
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https://datarepository.movebank.org/handle/10255/move.1510
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@misc{001/1_f4r24r5r/2,
  title = {Death's-head hawkmoth migration Europe-reference-data},
  author = {Menz, MHM and Scacco, M and Bürki-Spycher, H and Williams, HJ and Reynolds, DR and Chapman, JW and Wikelski, M},
  year = {2022},
  URL = {http://dx.doi.org/10.5441/001/1.f4r24r5r/2},
  doi = {doi:10.5441/001/1.f4r24r5r/2},
  publisher = {Movebank data repository}
}
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