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Hornworm Moth Hovers at Moving Target in the Dark

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Isn't it fuzzy and cute!

This interesting article looks into how the hornworm moth (Manduca sexta) manages to hover in position while extracting nectar from a blossom that is moving in the wind under very low light conditions.

http://phys.org/news/2015-06-hawkmoth-tracks-dark.html

It includes a nice video (that won't play on my IE, but does play in Google Chrome).

Hornworm moths look and sound like humming birds. If it's daytime, it's a humming bird. If it's dawn or dusk, it's a moth.

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