Polarized flight

Alison Mitchell

Nature, 1998, vol. 394, issue 6692, 425-425

Abstract: Mayflies normally mate above, and lay their eggs on, water. But they have also been seen to do this on dry, asphalt roads. Why? One group has come up with an answer -- the reflected light from asphalt roads is strongly and horizontally polarized, and this mimics a highly polarized water surface.

Date: 1998
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