Moths Keep Evolving Their Genitals Into Anti-Bat Weapons, Again And Again

Researchers led by entomologist Paul Masonick at the Florida Museum of Natural History reported that male hawkmoths have independently evolved genital structures that produce ultrasonic sounds to jam bat echolocation, with at least seven separate evolutionary events over 30 million years and three distinct anatomical mechanisms identified.

Source: Moths Keep Evolving Their Genitals Into Anti-Bat Weapons, Again And Again — ScienceAlert

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