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... insects , are creatures of light . Light exerts such a profound effect on insects that moths have been flying into candles for centuries for the edification of poets and moralists , insects in a room con- gregate at windows to the ...
... insects , are creatures of light . Light exerts such a profound effect on insects that moths have been flying into candles for centuries for the edification of poets and moralists , insects in a room con- gregate at windows to the ...
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Flying insects are in some respects at a disadvantage . By and large they cannot follow trails because a permanent trail cannot be laid down in the shifting breezes . This is probably one reason why honeybees have evolved a com ...
Flying insects are in some respects at a disadvantage . By and large they cannot follow trails because a permanent trail cannot be laid down in the shifting breezes . This is probably one reason why honeybees have evolved a com ...
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... insects raise the interesting question of how the insects come by these abilities . This in turn brings up the tricky question of learning , which it is now time to consider . as a representative of the insect world i have often 95.
... insects raise the interesting question of how the insects come by these abilities . This in turn brings up the tricky question of learning , which it is now time to consider . as a representative of the insect world i have often 95.
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