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Electric Entomology: How Insects Interact With Electricity in the Environment

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A bumblebee gathers nectar from a cluster of light purple flowers. The background is blurred green foliage, and the bee's wings are in motion. Encircling the bee's head three illustrated yellow dotted lines to suggest the bee's electroreception capacity.

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A small but growing field of study explores the electrical properties of insects and arthropods: how they interact with electrostatic charges around them, how they sense and use those charges for foraging or pollination, and even how small electric field barriers could be used to repel them. [Read more]

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