György Kriska

TL;DR: It is shown here that Ephemeroptera can be deceived by and attracted to dry asphalt roads because of the strongly horizontally polarized light reflected from the surface, and that mayflies detect water by means of polarotaxis.

TL;DR: The capacity of PLP to drastically increase mortality and reproductive failure in animal populations suggests that PLP should become a focus for conservation biologists and resource managers alike.

TL;DR: Evidence for positive polarotaxis is presented, i.e., attraction to horizontally polarized light stimulating the ventral eye region, in both males and females of 27 tabanid species, and in the order Diptera the studied tabanids are the first known species possessing ventral polarization vision and definite polarization-sensitive behavior with known functions.

TL;DR: Using imaging polarimetry in the red, green and blue parts of the spectrum, in multiple-choice field experiments the threshold p* of ventral polarization sensitivity in mayflies, dragonflies and tabanid flies was measured, the positive polarotaxis of which has been shown earlier.

TL;DR: Although solar panels can act as ecological traps, fragmenting their solar-active area does lessen their attractiveness to polarotactic insects, and the design of solar panels and collectors and their placement relative to aquatic habitats will likely affect populations of aquatic insects that use polarized light as a behavioral cue.