Their flight paths suggest these death’s-head hawk moths have some complex navigation skills, the authors said.
Even when the winds changed, the insects stayed on a straight course, the scientists reported in a study published Thursday in the journal Science.
It’s been tough for scientists to get a close look at how insects travel, in part because of their small size, Menz said. The kinds of radio tags used to follow birds can be too heavy for smaller fliers. The moths are thought to migrate thousands of miles between Europe and Africa in the autumn, flying by night.
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