@MagBBBGroup

A small research group focusing on 🦇🐦🦋 #Magnetoreception, #Orientation and #Navigation. #DIY and #OpenScience enthusiasts. Group leader: @DrAlexPakhomov

 United Kingdom
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🦋 New preprint out! 🧭 Do migratory moths in Europe use information from Earth’s magnetic field to determine their position — in other words, do they have a magnetic map? Find out more in our new preprint! biorxiv.org/content/10.64898…
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Our beginner’s guide to using Raspberry Pi as a video-recording system for behavioural research 🎥🛠🦇🦋🐦. magbbb.com/openscience/smart… #raspberrypi #openscience #opensource #raspi #animalbehaviour

Raspberry Pi-based video recording system for behavioural research

Our beginner’s guide (constantly updated) Quick access to Why Raspberry Pi?Video recording based on Raspberry Pi: overviewVideo recording based on Raspberry Pi: basic equipment1. Raspberry Pi…

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Starting a new #moth #orientation and #navigation project in Austria.
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Magnetic coils at sunset, with the Alps on the horizon. Field experiments in Lepidoptera navigation meet stunning Austrian landscapes. #Fieldwork #AnimalNavigation #Magnetoreception #Moth #ScienceInTheWild #Alps
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A fascinating study on 🦋 migratory moth navigation by David Dreyer and Eric Warrant has finally been published in Nature 🎉 nature.com/articles/s41586-0…

Bogong moths use a stellar compass for long-distance navigation at night

Nature - Every spring, Bogong moths use the starry night sky as a compass to navigate up to 1,000 km towards their alpine migratory goal.

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🦋 A new preprint out! 🧭 We investigated orientation mechanisms in the red admiral (Vanessa atalanta), a common migratory butterfly in Europe. 👉 doi: doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.01.6… #LepidopteraOrientation #LepiMigration Check thread below to see what we found ⬇⬇⬇
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3/ Using a flight simulator, we tested red admirals under various light and magnetic field conditions. Our findings: ✔️ Reliance on solar cues ❌ No evidence for magnetic sense 🕒 No time compensation in sun compass
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4/These findings show that compass systems in migratory Lepidoptera are not universal—different species with different migration strategies rely on different orientation mechanisms. Our study highlights the need to go beyond model species.
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A new review on orientation and navigation of juvenile songbird migrants by our colleagues @RybAnimNavGroup has been published today! Congratulations🥳 frontiersin.org/journals/phy…

Frontiers | Do first-time avian migrants know where they are going: the clock-and-compass concept...

What if your life depended on finding a place you’ve never been—without a GPS device, a guide, or any way of knowing where to go? For young songbirds, this i...

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MagBBB Research Group retweeted
The Bat Lab@YovelBatLab1 Apr 2025
A new exciting read from our lab: How bats exit caves in thousands without colliding with each other Great work by @AyaGoldshtein pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.24… Photo by Jens Rydell
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It was a pleasure to take part in such a fantastic conference, present results of the second part of our #RedAdmiralProject 🦋🧭, and celebrate the 100-year anniversary of @Co_Biologists. The conference was wonderfully organised, with fascinating and inspiring talks throughout!
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The Bat Lab@YovelBatLab7 Mar 2025
Some bats use their tail like a white cane. How cool is that?! Read all about it here: sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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This is why we have decided to create a new Twitter account for our group.
Rybachy Animal Navigation Group@RybAnimNavGroup19 Jan 2025
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3) Our primary account, @MagBBBGroup, will cover all group news, with a focus on migratory butterflies, moths, and dragonflies.
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