A study found a 'strong pattern' of decline among moths across all life stages in rural and urban areas.
Moths are vanishing from the southern U.S. due to urbanization, a new study has found.Scientists have long been concerned at the rate that certain insects seem to be disappearing. There is still a lot to learn about the phenomenon, particularly as to whether they are all disappearing at the same time, or if some are disappearing faster than others.
The latter, however, are much smaller and are not able to travel as far.Knowing how many macro and micro moths there were in the sample was important, as large moths are much more capable of escaping the so-called heat dome in the lower latitudes. Micro moths face more trouble in this regard, as they are unable to escape their surrounding environment and extreme temperatures.'There's no doubt that insect declines are a real phenomenon.
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