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Why do red and dark-coloured cars lure aquatic insects? The attraction of water insects to car paintwork explained by reflection–polarization signals
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Kriska, György Csabai, Zoltán Boda, Pál Malik, Péter Horváth, Gábor 0962-8452 1471-2954 The Royal Society General Agricultural and Biological Sciences General Environmental Science General Immunology and Microbiology General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology General Medicine http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2006.3500 <jats:p>We reveal here the visual ecological reasons for the phenomenon that aquatic insects often land on red, black and dark-coloured cars. Monitoring the numbers of aquatic beetles and bugs attracted to shiny black, white, red and yellow horizontal plastic sheets, we found that red and black reflectors are equally highly attractive to water insects, while yellow and white reflectors are unattractive. The reflection–polarization patterns of black, white, red and yellow cars were measured in the red, green and blue parts of the spectrum. In the blue and green, the degree of linear polarization<jats:italic>p</jats:italic>of light reflected from red and black cars is high and the direction of polarization of light reflected from red and black car roofs, bonnets and boots is nearly horizontal. Thus, the horizontal surfaces of red and black cars are highly attractive to red-blind polarotactic water insects. The<jats:italic>p</jats:italic>of light reflected from the horizontal surfaces of yellow and white cars is low and its direction of polarization is usually not horizontal. Consequently, yellow and white cars are unattractive to polarotactic water insects. The visual deception of aquatic insects by cars can be explained solely by the reflection–polarizational characteristics of the car paintwork.</jats:p> Why do red and dark-coloured cars lure aquatic insects? The attraction of water insects to car paintwork explained by reflection–polarization signals Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |
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| spelling | Kriska, György Csabai, Zoltán Boda, Pál Malik, Péter Horváth, Gábor 0962-8452 1471-2954 The Royal Society General Agricultural and Biological Sciences General Environmental Science General Immunology and Microbiology General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology General Medicine http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2006.3500 <jats:p>We reveal here the visual ecological reasons for the phenomenon that aquatic insects often land on red, black and dark-coloured cars. Monitoring the numbers of aquatic beetles and bugs attracted to shiny black, white, red and yellow horizontal plastic sheets, we found that red and black reflectors are equally highly attractive to water insects, while yellow and white reflectors are unattractive. The reflection–polarization patterns of black, white, red and yellow cars were measured in the red, green and blue parts of the spectrum. In the blue and green, the degree of linear polarization<jats:italic>p</jats:italic>of light reflected from red and black cars is high and the direction of polarization of light reflected from red and black car roofs, bonnets and boots is nearly horizontal. Thus, the horizontal surfaces of red and black cars are highly attractive to red-blind polarotactic water insects. The<jats:italic>p</jats:italic>of light reflected from the horizontal surfaces of yellow and white cars is low and its direction of polarization is usually not horizontal. Consequently, yellow and white cars are unattractive to polarotactic water insects. The visual deception of aquatic insects by cars can be explained solely by the reflection–polarizational characteristics of the car paintwork.</jats:p> Why do red and dark-coloured cars lure aquatic insects? The attraction of water insects to car paintwork explained by reflection–polarization signals Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |
| spellingShingle | Kriska, György, Csabai, Zoltán, Boda, Pál, Malik, Péter, Horváth, Gábor, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Why do red and dark-coloured cars lure aquatic insects? The attraction of water insects to car paintwork explained by reflection–polarization signals, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, General Environmental Science, General Immunology and Microbiology, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, General Medicine |
| title | Why do red and dark-coloured cars lure aquatic insects? The attraction of water insects to car paintwork explained by reflection–polarization signals |
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| title_sort | why do red and dark-coloured cars lure aquatic insects? the attraction of water insects to car paintwork explained by reflection–polarization signals |
| title_unstemmed | Why do red and dark-coloured cars lure aquatic insects? The attraction of water insects to car paintwork explained by reflection–polarization signals |
| topic | General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, General Environmental Science, General Immunology and Microbiology, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, General Medicine |
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