Fun fact: Saturniidae moths (e.g. the stunning luna & comet moths👇🏻) oft have long-tailed wings. These dont seem to be (mainly) for sexual selection but instead confuse bat echolocation & help avoid predation https://t.co/VV9yYXOEf1 https://t.co…
Fun fact: this 👇🏻 is the rosy maple moth. As with other moths of the Saturniidae family, it lacks hearing organs & a functional mouth, using stores from its feasts as a caterpillar to survive (up to ~2 weeks) https://t.co/A9fQamwE26 https://t.co/VV9…
RT @Dr_Akito: For those interested - this study (Hamilton et al. 2019) includes a section detailing how we extract genomic data from old, p…
RT @Dr_Akito: For those interested - this study (Hamilton et al. 2019) includes a section detailing how we extract genomic data from old, p…