The BBC recently featured Ph.D. candidate Nick Dowdy‘s work on moths in Central America. He has some very interesting scientific findings on the unique defensive behavior of a particular Ecuadorian moth. When threatened, it “uses an explosion of a sticky, wool-like material to defend itself.” This has never been seen before in a moth species.
You can see the article here:
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160415-this-moth-has-an-explosive-way-of-fending-off-bats
The Conner Lab website:
http://college.wfu.edu/biolab/conner
Nick Dowdy (WFU Ph.D. Candidate) does frontier research on moth behavior (predator-prey interactions).
An “explosive” defensive behavior. courtesy Nick Dowdy, Wake Forest University.
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