ArticlePeerJ2019
Open ocean nocturnal insect migration in the Brazilian South Atlantic with comments on flight endurance.
Article in PeerJ, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Flight of the dragons: a global review of migration in Odonata.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2026Review
- Review of Sarcophagidae and Tachinidae (Diptera) Parasitic Flies Associated to Mocis latipes (Guenée, 1852) (Lepidoptera: Erebidae), with Novel Parasitism Records for Alagoas and Brazil.Neotropical entomology · 2025Review
- Long-range pollen transport across the North Sea: Insights from migratory hoverflies landing on a remote oil rig.The Journal of animal ecology · 2025Article
- Enhanced flight performance in hoverfly migrants.iScience · 2024Article
- Oceanic records of North American bats and implications for offshore wind energy development in the United States.Ecology and evolution · 2021Review
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Abstract
We observed a nocturnal insect swarm aboard the oceanographic ship Cruzeiro do Sul of the Brazilian Navy, while conducting a survey of the Montague guyot (seamount), 389 km distant from the nearest land in the South Atlantic. The insects came from open sea toward the ship from all directions, attracted by the powerful light of the deck. Most insects collided with the hull and fell into the ocean, but we managed to capture and determine 17 (13 Hemiptera of a single species, three Lepidoptera of three species and one Odonata). With one exception, we are certain that none of the specimens caught originated from the ship. The geographic origin, most likely the coast of Brazil, and flight endurance of these insects were inferred using data on wind speed and direction, provided by the crew of the ship, and were reconstructed using Hysplit modeling of air current trajectories.
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