Each year 17 million insects migrate through a 30 meter-wide Pyrenean pass. Will Hawkes / CC BY-ND
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Birds, fish and caribou are all known for their long migrations, but did you know insects migrate too?
According to a new study, each year 17.1 million insects move through a 98.4-foot gap in the Pass of Bujaruelo between two Pyrenees peaks on the border between Spain and France.
For four years, a team of scientists from the University of Exeter visited the pass to monitor the extensive number of species of day-flying insects on their way south.
“In autumn 1950 David and Elizabeth Lack chanced upon a huge migration of insects and birds flying through the Pyrenean…
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