The rising moon promotes mate finding in moths

Affiliations

Mona Storms: Biocenter of the University of Würzburg
Aryan Jakhar: School of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram
Oliver Mitesser: Biocenter of the University of Würzburg
Andreas Jechow: Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries
Franz Hölker: Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries
Tobias Degen: Biocenter of the University of Würzburg
Thomas Hovestadt: Biocenter of the University of Würzburg
Jacqueline Degen: Biocenter of the University of Würzburg

Abstract

The experimental release of male moths show that moon presence, location, and elevation affect their finding of mates.