Has apparently been used to study other insects (monark butterfly). Seems to be a very simple construction a tube only showing the night sky and recording of the flight direction.
> [Bogong moths] provide an ample food source due to their large numbers and high fat content.
Considering they were eaten near the alps where they spend the summer sleeping in caves (aestivate not hibernate!), there must have been some serious respect for that food resource. There apparently are 16000 months per square meter in those caves. Feels like the risk of over fishing is high.
I can remember bogon moths all over the fly-screens on our house windows at nighttime in Sydney 50 years ago. In the last 30 years or so, I've seen one bogon moth in Sydney (a couple of years ago).
I don't think the Australian aborigines ever overfished anything. From my experience, they managed their resources with superlative efficiency. 10,000 year old fish traps in my old home region are still in operation...
> Mouritsen–Frost flight simulator
Has apparently been used to study other insects (monark butterfly). Seems to be a very simple construction a tube only showing the night sky and recording of the flight direction.
They're also considered a delicacy in that part of the world.
Always wanted to try them myself, but probably going to be more partial to wittchety grubs ..
> [Bogong moths] provide an ample food source due to their large numbers and high fat content.
Considering they were eaten near the alps where they spend the summer sleeping in caves (aestivate not hibernate!), there must have been some serious respect for that food resource. There apparently are 16000 months per square meter in those caves. Feels like the risk of over fishing is high.
They're actually in pretty serious trouble as a species, with potential to go extinct.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-17/bogong-moth-populatio...
I can remember bogon moths all over the fly-screens on our house windows at nighttime in Sydney 50 years ago. In the last 30 years or so, I've seen one bogon moth in Sydney (a couple of years ago).
I don't think the Australian aborigines ever overfished anything. From my experience, they managed their resources with superlative efficiency. 10,000 year old fish traps in my old home region are still in operation...
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