Scientists recorded an estimated 17 million flies, wasps, butterflies and dragonflies pouring through a single 30-metre-wide pass on the border of France and Spain each autumn.
Researchers have found the route of one of Europe's busiest winter getaways - the annual migration of millions of insects heading south through a high mountain pass in the Pyrenees. Using video cameras and butterfly nets, researchers from the University of Exeter recorded an estimated 17 million flies, wasps, butterflies and dragonflies pouring through a single 30-metre-wide pass between two peaks on the border of France and Spain each autumn.
Read more:Asian hornets survive UK winter for first timeHowler monkeys drop dead from the trees as heatwave rages 'What we found was truly remarkable,' said William Hawkes from the University of Exeter who carried out the field recordings. 'Not only were vast numbers of marmalade hoverflies still migrating through the pass, but far more besides.
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I Moved To France With My Son, And This Is One Culture Shock I Never ExpectedErica Jackson Curran is a freelance writer from Richmond, Virginia now living in Bordeaux, France with her family. She loves writing about travel, parenting, health, food, and cocktails for publications ranging from Wine Enthusiast and Afar to Parents and National Geographic. She writes about her family’s life in France on her blog French or Faux.
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