New research shows that the insects flying around the streetlights are in fact in a living hell that we made for bugs.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-44785-3
Essentially, their tiny bug brains think the light is the sunset, so they keep turning to keep the “sun” at the same angle so they can go “straight.” No matter how far they fly, they don’t make any progress. They are trapped in this little hell we made just for them, not understanding why they can’t get to where they are going.
I wonder how bugs will evolve to adapt to this. I wonder if we could see bughavior change within our lifetimes
We already have. Not with this specific trait, but definitely with other ones.
Oh i bet, bugs evolve fast