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Clearwing moths imitate flight paths of bees and wasps. Biology Letters published Marta and Paolo's study supported by The ClearWing Foundation
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Heterosphecia pahangensis Skowron, 2015 looks and flies like a bee. This species was described in 2015 by The ClearWing Foundation’s Vice-Chairman, Marta.
Clearwing moths are known to resemble bees and wasps visually, but it was unclear to what extent they mimic their models behaviourally, if at all. Marta Skowron Volponi’s and Paolo Volponi’s Biology Letters study found that bee-mimicking clearwing moths tend to fly like bees, whereas wasp-mimics fly like wasps, suggesting that the moths mimic more than just their model’s appearance.
Read on in Biology Letters: http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/14/5/20180152
A short video of the insect flight trajectories can be found here: https://vimeo.com/250560272
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Survey of clearwing moths in Kaeng Krachan National Park, Thailand
-Survey of clearwing moths in Kaeng Krachan National Park, Thailand. We are establishing a cooperation with the National Park authorities for future research in this highly biodiverse area.
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Morphological and behavioural mimicry in clearwing moths of Malaysia and Thailand
-Morphological and behavioural mimicry in clearwing moths – PhD project of ClearWing Foundation’s Vice- Chairman Marta Skowron Volponi. Marta is currently studying flight mimicry in bee and wasp-imitating clearwing moths of Malaysia and Thailand with the support of ClearWing Foundation!
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Facebook article by The Dodo about Marta & Paolo’s rediscovered species of clearwing moth reached 13 864 likes, 1170 shares and 182 comments!
-Facebook article by The Dodo about Marta & Paolo’s rediscovered species of clearwing moth reached 13 864 likes, 1170 shares and 182 comments!
https://www.thedodo.com/in-the-wild/oriental-blue-clearwing-moth-rediscovered-malaysia
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Numerous news hits about the rediscovery: The Guardian, The Dodo, The Scientist, Atlas Obscuara, Phys.org & Asia Research News.
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The Dodo:
https://www.thedodo.com/in-the-wild/oriental-blue-clearwing-moth-rediscovered-malaysia
The Scientist:
https://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/51186/title/Image-Of-The-Day–Moth-Resurrection/
Atlas Obscuara:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/found-bee-mimicking-moth-heterosphecia-tawonoides
Phys.org:
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-bee-mimicking-clearwing-moth-life-years.html
Asia Research News:
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Press release by Global Wildlife Conservation about the rediscovery is out! as well as a blog post by Marta Skowron Volponi on their “The Search for Lost Species” project’s website
-Press release by Global Wildlife Conservation about the rediscovery is out! (https://www.globalwildlife.org/press-room/bee-mimicking-clearwing-moth-buzzes-back-to-life-after-130-years/) as well as a blog post by Marta Skowron Volponi on their “The Search for Lost Species” project’s website (https://medium.com/@LostSpecies/rediscovery-in-a-glint-of-blue-db87e685cd60)
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ClearWing Foundation Chairman Paolo Volponi has a meeting with the Director of Kaeng Krachan National Park (Thailand), Mr. Mana Phermpool, about establishing a research partnership between the Foundation and the National Park
-ClearWing Foundation Chairman Paolo Volponi has a meeting with the Director of Kaeng Krachan National Park (Thailand), Mr. Mana Phermpool, about establishing a research partnership between the Foundation and the National Park
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Lead author Marta Skowron Volponi was interviewed by Lindsay Renick Mayer from Global Wildlife Conservation and their “The Search for Lost Species” project
-Lead author Marta Skowron Volponi was interviewed by Lindsay Renick Mayer from Global Wildlife Conservation and their “The Search for Lost Species” project
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James O’Hanlon from InSitu Science interviewed Marta and wrote a wonderful article about the lost species
-James O’Hanlon from InSitu Science interviewed Marta and wrote a wonderful article about the lost species:
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