Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus L.) use a magnetic compass for navigation.

Abstract:

:Fall migratory monarch butterflies, tested for their directional responses to magnetic cues under three conditions, amagnetic, normal, and reversed magnetic fields, showed three distinct patterns. In the absence of a magnetic field, monarchs lacked directionality as a group. In the normal magnetic field, monarchs oriented to the southwest with a group pattern typical for migrants. When the horizontal component of the magnetic field was reversed, the butterflies oriented to the northeast. In contrast, nonmigratory monarchs lacked directionality in the normal magnetic field. The results are a direct demonstration of magnetic compass orientation in migratory insects.

authors

Etheredge JA,Perez SM,Taylor OR,Jander R

doi

10.1073/pnas.96.24.13845

keywords:

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1999-11-23 00:00:00

pages

13845-6

issue

24

eissn

0027-8424

issn

1091-6490

journal_volume

96

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