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Re:Why flying insects gather at artificial light by phreeza on Wednesday January 31, 2024 @10:09AM (#39204685)
What would the shelling point be before the advent of artificial light though? Can't be the moon. Or do you think it evolved on the human time scale?
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Re:Why flying insects gather at artificial light by xavivives on Wednesday January 31, 2024 @12:44PM (#39206870)
Yeah, I was referring to full moon. Maybe in combination with other environmental variables. Why can't it be?

If that's case the behaviors relying on it have been quite fucked up for some time.

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Re:Why flying insects gather at artificial light by phreeza on Wednesday January 31, 2024 @01:32PM (#39207480)
Ah maybe you mean in the temporal sense? Yea that could be a useful shelling point. I was thinking spatially, obviously insects can't fly to the moon to reproduce .
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