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Impact of Outdoor Lighting on Moths
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2016
Abstract
Outdoor lighting incapacitates and destroys some moths. It disturbs flight, navigation, vision, migration, dispersal, oviposition, mating, feeding, and crypsis. It may also snift circadian rhythms. Lamps may incinerate or desiccate moths, or lead to moth’s destruction by birds, bats, spider, and vehicular traffic. Conservation efforts need to consider disruptive ecological effects of outdoor lighting. Low pressure sodium lamps may reduce these effects.
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