A PhD student spent 400 hours counting moth caterpillars along English roadsides at night, and what the white LED lamps had done to the hedgerow was five times worse than he expected

1.0The Pulsehttps://www.ecoportal.net/enHugo Rojashttps://www.ecoportal.net/en/author/hugo/A PhD student spent 400 hours counting moth caterpillars along English roadsides at night, and what the white LED lamps had done to the hedgerow was five times worse than he expectedrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="i5ueEmwfsW"><a href="https://www.ecoportal.net/en/percent-hedgerow-moth-caterpillars-vanish-glow/30538/">A PhD student spent 400 hours counting moth caterpillars along English roadsides at night, and what the white LED lamps had done to the hedgerow was five times worse than he expected</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.ecoportal.net/en/percent-hedgerow-moth-caterpillars-vanish-glow/30538/embed/#?secret=i5ueEmwfsW" width="600" height="338" title="“A PhD student spent 400 hours counting moth caterpillars along English roadsides at night, and what the white LED lamps had done to the hedgerow was five times worse than he expected” — The Pulse" data-secret="i5ueEmwfsW" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.ecoportal.net/en/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://www.ecoportal.net/en/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Young-researcher-counting-moth-caterpillars-under-a-white-LED-lamp-768x432.jpg600338