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Impact of Outdoor Lighting on Moths

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Kenneth D. Frank
Kenneth D. Frank*
Affiliation:
Philadelphia, PAU.S.A.

Abstract

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Outdoor lighting incapacitates and destroys some moths. It disturbs flight, navigation, vision, migration, dispersal, oviposition, mating, feeding, and crypsis. It may also snift circadian rhythms. Lamps may incinerate or desiccate moths, or lead to moth’s destruction by birds, bats, spider, and vehicular traffic. Conservation efforts need to consider disruptive ecological effects of outdoor lighting. Low pressure sodium lamps may reduce these effects.

Type
Light Pollution
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 112: Light Pollution, Radio Interference, and Space Debris , 1991 , pp. 51
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1991