Every autumn, a narrow pass in the Pyrenees Mountains between southern France and northeastern Spain is overrun by a flood of marmalade hoverflies, pollinators with citrus-colored bodies and black stripes. The hoverflies avoid the mountain’s strong headwinds by flying close to the ground, making the sunlit flurries “almost look like a river of golden light,” … Read more
This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! Marmalade hoverfly. Credit: Will Hawkes × close to Marmalade hoverfly. Credit: Will Hawkes More than 17 million insects migrate every year through a single mountain pass on the border between France and Spain, new research shows. Scientists from the University … Read more
Marmalade hoverfly. Credit: Will Hawkes More than 17 million insects migrate every year through a single mountain pass on the border between France and Spain, new research shows. Scientists from the University of Exeter have studied migrating insects in the Pass of Bujaruelo, a 30-metre gap between two high peaks in the Pyrenees. Their article, … Read more