{"id":432,"date":"2021-09-06T12:45:24","date_gmt":"2021-09-06T12:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pscsolaruk.com\/blog\/?p=432"},"modified":"2021-09-06T12:45:24","modified_gmt":"2021-09-06T12:45:24","slug":"led-streetlights-contribute-to-insect-population-declines-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pscsolaruk.com\/blog\/led-streetlights-contribute-to-insect-population-declines-study\/","title":{"rendered":"LED streetlights contribute to insect population declines: study"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"text-extra-large line-low mb-2\">LED streetlights contribute to insect population declines: study<\/h1>\n<div class=\"mt-4 article-main\">\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2021\/artificial-lights-at-n.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2021\/artificial-lights-at-n.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Artificial lights at night had been identified as a possible factor behind falling insect populations around the world, but the topic had been under-researched.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Artificial lights at night had been identified as a possible factor behind falling insect populations around the world, but the topic had been under-researched.\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2021\/artificial-lights-at-n.jpg\" alt=\"Artificial lights at night had been identified as a possible factor behind falling insect populations around the world, but the \" width=\"800\" height=\"495\" \/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">Artificial lights at night had been identified as a possible factor behind falling insect populations around the world, but the topic had been under-researched.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Streetlights\u2014particularly those that use white light-emitting diodes (LEDs)\u2014not only disrupt insect behavior but are also a culprit behind their declining numbers, a new study carried out in southern England showed Wednesday.<\/p><div id=\"pscso-2048785665\" class=\"pscso-content pscso-entity-placement\"><div class=\"pscso-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pscsolaruk.com\/rfq\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-509 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pscsolaruk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/6tp7s.png?resize=710%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"710\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Artificial lights at night had been identified as a possible factor behind falling insect populations around the world, but the topic had been under-researched.<\/p>\n<p>To address the question, scientists compared 26 roadside sites consisting of either hedgerows or grass verges that were lit by streetlights, against an equal number of nearly identical sites that were unlit.<\/p><div id=\"pscso-3933731422\" class=\"pscso-content_2 pscso-entity-placement\"><div class=\"pscso-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pscsolaruk.com\/rfq\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-509 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pscsolaruk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/6tp7s.png?resize=710%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"710\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>They also examined a site with one unlit and two lit sections, all of which were similar in their vegetation.<\/p>\n<p>The team chose moth caterpillars as a proxy for nocturnal insects more broadly, because they remain within a few meters of where they hatched during the larval stage of their lives, before they acquire the ability to fly.<\/p><div id=\"pscso-2685148913\" class=\"pscso-content-3 pscso-entity-placement\"><div class=\"pscso-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pscsolaruk.com\/rfq\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-509 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pscsolaruk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/6tp7s.png?resize=710%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"710\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>The team either struck the hedges with sticks so that the caterpillars fell out, or swept the grass with nets to pick them up.<\/p>\n<p>The results were eye-opening, with a 47 percent reduction in insect population at the hedgerow sites and 37 percent reduction at the roadside grassy areas.<\/p><div id=\"pscso-3093649128\" class=\"pscso-cybertron pscso-entity-placement\"><div class=\"pscso-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\nzone = \"30\";\r\npl = \"2226\";\r\nurl = \"https:\/\/cybertronads.com\/platform\";\r\n\/\/--><\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/cybertronads.com\/platform\/show.js\"><\/script>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;We were really quite taken aback by just how stark it was,&#8221; lead author Douglas Boyes, of the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, told AFP, adding the team had expected a more modest decline of around 10 percent.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2021\/this-undated-image-cou-1.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2021\/this-undated-image-cou-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"This undated image courtesy of Douglas Boyes shows a selection of moth caterpillars caught by sweep netting during fieldwork.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"This undated image courtesy of Douglas Boyes shows a selection of moth caterpillars caught by sweep netting during fieldwork.\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2021\/this-undated-image-cou-1.jpg\" alt=\"This undated image courtesy of Douglas Boyes shows a selection of moth caterpillars caught by sweep netting during fieldwork\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">This undated image courtesy of Douglas Boyes shows a selection of moth caterpillars caught by sweep netting during fieldwork.<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;We consider it most likely that it&#8217;s due to females, mums, not laying eggs in these areas,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The lighting also disturbed their feeding behavior: when the team weighed the caterpillars, they found that those in the lighted areas were heavier.<\/p>\n<p>Boyes said the team interpreted that as the caterpillars not knowing how to respond to the unfamiliar situation that runs counter to the conditions they evolved in over millions of years, and feeding more as a result to rush through their development.<\/p>\n<p>The team found that the disruption was most pronounced in areas lit by LED lights as opposed to high-pressure sodium (HPS) lamps or older low-pressure sodium (LPS) lamps, both of which produce a yellow-orange glow that is less like sunlight.<\/p>\n<p>LED lamps have grown more popular in recent years because of their superior <a href=\"https:\/\/pscsolaruk.com\/blog\/the-bright-future-of-solar-energy-in-africa\/\">energy<\/a> efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>The paper acknowledged the effect of street lighting is localized and a &#8220;minor contributor&#8221; to declining insect numbers, with other important factors including urbanization and destruction of their habitats, intensive agriculture, pollution and climate change.<\/p>\n<p>But even localized reductions can have cascading consequences for the wider ecosystem, resulting in less food for the birds and bats that prey upon insects.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, &#8220;there are really quite accessible solutions,&#8221; said Boyes\u2014like applying filters to change the lamps&#8217; color, or adding shields so that the light shines only on the road, not insect habitats.<\/p>\n<p>The study is published in\u00a0<i>Science Advances<\/i>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"pscso-2918637640\" class=\"pscso-after-content pscso-entity-placement\"><div 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