{"id":252483,"date":"2024-06-12T22:22:41","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T22:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/one-of-the-great-wonders-of-nature-migration-of-17-1-million-insects-through-pyrenees-mountain-pass-witnessed-by-scientists\/"},"modified":"2024-06-12T22:28:19","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T22:28:19","slug":"one-of-the-great-wonders-of-nature-migration-of-17-1-million-insects-through-pyrenees-mountain-pass-witnessed-by-scientists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/one-of-the-great-wonders-of-nature-migration-of-17-1-million-insects-through-pyrenees-mountain-pass-witnessed-by-scientists\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018One of the Great Wonders of Nature\u2019: Migration of 17.1 Million Insects Through Pyrenees Mountain Pass Witnessed by Scientists"},"content":{"rendered":"
Each year 17 million insects migrate through a 30 meter-wide Pyrenean pass. Will Hawkes \/\u00a0CC BY-ND <\/p>\n
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Birds, fish and caribou are all known for their long migrations, but did you know insects migrate too?<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn autumn 1950 David and Elizabeth Lack chanced upon a huge migration of insects and birds flying through the Pyrenean…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n