<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fabian, S.T.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sondhi, Y.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Allen, P.E.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Theobald, J.C.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lin, H.-T.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Why flying insects gather at artificial light</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nature Communications</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ARTIFICIAL LIGHT</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ATTACUS</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">BEHAVIOUR</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">DAPHNIS</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">DORSAL-LIGHT-RESPONSE</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">KINEMATICS</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">LIGHT ATTRACTION</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">NOCTUIDAE</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ODONATA</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">SATURNIIDAE</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">SPHINGIDAE</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2024</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">30/1/2024</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-44785-3</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">15</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">689</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Explanations of why nocturnal insects fly erratically around fires and lamps have included theories of &amp;ldquo;lunar navigation&amp;rdquo; and &amp;ldquo;escape to the light&amp;rdquo;. However, without three-dimensional flight data to test them rigorously, the cause for this odd behaviour has remained unsolved. We employed high-resolution motion capture in the laboratory and stereo-videography in the field to reconstruct the 3D kinematics of insect flights around artificial lights. Contrary to the expectation of attraction, insects do not steer directly toward the light. Instead, insects turn their dorsum toward the light, generating flight bouts perpendicular to the source. Under natural sky light, tilting the dorsum towards the brightest visual hemisphere helps maintain proper flight attitude and control. Near artificial sources, however, this highly conserved dorsal-light-response can produce continuous steering around the light and trap an insect.Our guidancemodel demonstrates that this dorsal tilting is sufficient to create the seemingly erratic flight paths of insects near lights and is the most plausible model for why flying insects gather at artificial lights.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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