Tiger Moths: Mother Nature's Fortune Tellers
Tuesday, June 4, 2013 - 10:00
in Biology & Nature
A new study by researchers at Wake Forest University shows Bertholdia trigona, a species of tiger moth found in the Arizona desert, can tell if an echo-locating bat is going to attack it well before the predator swoops in for the kill - making the intuitive, tiny-winged insect a master of self-preservation.