Night Vision in Tune with Nature in Hovering Hawkmoths (6 of 7) (IMAGE)

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Night Vision in Tune with Nature in Hovering Hawkmoths (6 of 7)

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A hawkmoth with its proboscis extended approaches a robotic flower on which another hawkmoth is already feeding. The research shows that the creatures can slow their brains to improve vision under low light conditions while continuing to perform demanding tasks. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the June 12, 2015 issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by S. Sponberg at University of Washington in Seattle, WA, and colleagues was titled, "Luminance-dependent visual processing enables moth flight in low light."

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[Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech]

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