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Cake day: June 17th, 2023

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  • Interesting article, well worth a read. But for the impatient, the simple change is switching the color of artificial lighting used at night:

    “Our results indicate that insect attraction by outdoor lighting and possible population declines can be reduced through optimized light sources,” they report.

    “Amber LED lights (1800 K) with low blue light content attracted significantly fewer individuals and species, as well as threatened and legally protected taxa than conventional cool white LEDs (4000 K) and high-pressure sodium lights (2000 K).”

    “This reduced attraction is primarily driven by the narrow spectral composition and the absence of short-wavelength blue light in the 1800 K LED.”