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ArticleNature2025

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

David Dreyer, Andrea Adden, Hui Chen, Barrie Frost, Henrik Mouritsen, Jingjing Xu, Ken Green, Mary Whitehouse, Javaan Chahl, Jesse Wallace and 4 more

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Article in Nature, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. The diversity of lepidopteran spatial orientation strategies - neuronal mechanisms and emerging challenges in a changing world.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2026
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  5. The evolution of lepidopteran brain morphology.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2026
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  6. Emerging tools to advance neuroethology in butterflies and moths.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2026
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  7. The sensory ecology of caterpillars.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2026
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  8. The visual system of a nocturnal long-distance migrant, the Australian Bogong moth.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2026
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  9. From skylight cues to magnetic fields: the toolkit of insect long-distance navigation.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2026
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  10. Neurons sensitive to sky compass signals in the brain of the Madeira cockroach Rhyparobia maderae.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2026
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  13. Path integration and optic flow in flying insects: a review of current evidence.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

David Dreyer *Lund Vision Group, Department of Biology, University of Lund, Lund, Sweden. David.Dreyer@biol.lu.se.ORCID 0000-0003-4344-8596
Andrea Adden *Lund Vision Group, Department of Biology, University of Lund, Lund, Sweden. Andrea.Adden@crick.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0001-6455-6313
Hui ChenLund Vision Group, Department of Biology, University of Lund, Lund, Sweden.
Barrie FrostDepartment of Psychology, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Henrik MouritsenInstitute for Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7082-4839
Jingjing XuInstitute for Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany.
Ken GreenCollege of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
Mary WhitehouseDepartment of Applied Biosciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-9911-8356
Javaan ChahlSchool of Engineering, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Jesse WallaceLund Vision Group, Department of Biology, University of Lund, Lund, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-3286-9427
Gao HuDepartment of Entomology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1000-5687
James FosterLund Vision Group, Department of Biology, University of Lund, Lund, Sweden.
Stanley HeinzeLund Vision Group, Department of Biology, University of Lund, Lund, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-8145-3348
Eric WarrantLund Vision Group, Department of Biology, University of Lund, Lund, Sweden. Eric.Warrant@biol.lu.se.ORCID 0000-0001-7480-7016

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Each spring, billions of Bogong moths escape hot conditions across southeast Australia by migrating up to 1,000 km to a place that they have never previously visited-a limited number of cool caves in the Australian Alps, historically used for aestivating over summer

Indexed as

Animal MigrationDarknessMothsSpatial NavigationAnimalsAustraliaCuesFemaleFlight, AnimalMagnetic FieldsMaleSeasons

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PMID40533549
PMCPMC12286839

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