Dear Rohan Mostly insects are photopositive have affinity with light.For red colour connection it has maximum wavelength in a spectrum of 7 colours . I presume that might be the cause of Red Eye attraction towards tube light. Kind Regards SP
On 2/11/09, Rohan Lovalekar <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Friends > > > Wanna share one observation with you. Looking forword for your opinion about > the same. > > In chiplun there are more than 10 skippers found near my home. But to my > surprise only 2 species of Redeye viz. Common Redeye and Giant Redeye has > some attraction toword artificial light such as Tube,bulb etc. No other > species such as Rice Swift, Golden Angle, Common Small Flat, Grass Demon etc > seems to get attracted towords light. On numerous ocassions I have found > Giant Redeye fluttering near tube light. > > Is that red colour of eye have some connection with the light? Looking > forword for your views about the same. > > Regards > Rohan Lovalekar > > > Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to > http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/ -- Surya Prakash, Ph.D. ( Zoology) Room # 214 C.C.I.F. School of Life Sciences Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi 110067 INDIA Phone (Work) 26704184 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Enjoy -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
