6 sentences with 'moth'
Example sentences and phrases with the word moth and other words derived from it.
• « Thus, the moth "illuminated" by the ultrasound beam tries to move away long before it appears as a target in the bat's brain. To counteract this liveliness of the moths, the bats have developed the hesitant trajectory, criss-crossed by capricious curves, untimely detours and incalculable removals. »
• « Inelegant, the moth may look like an umbrella with a hiccup, but its absurd, non-linear flight is a predatory refinement: there is no standardised, geometrising trajectory of evasion that will bring the prey to safety. At any moment the fugitive finds itself captive again in the beam of the bat's ultrasonic sensor, and if this happens within six metres or less of the chiropteran's head, detection is certain. Good value? »
• « Some of the moths and moth moths, in their worm stage, are pests that devastate pine forests, fruit orchards, vegetable fields and other human farms, as the case may be. Like the good insects they are, they are increasingly resistant to pesticides, which in turn are becoming more of a threat to ecosystems and people than to pests. »