Tag: radio telemetry

Deep Tracks Only: Radio Telemetry Blazes a Path for Monarch Habitat Restoration

Tracking monarch butterfly movements by tagging them with tiny radio transmitters reveals flight patterns that may help researchers align habitat restoration with the natural behaviors of this iconic butterfly.

Entomology Today March 26, 2020 1 Comment

Kissing Bugs Kiss Their Hiding Spots Goodbye, Thanks to Tiny Radio Transmitters

In a new pilot study, researchers in Texas used miniature radio transmitters to track the secretive movements of kissing bugs, a method that could provide new advances in reducing kissing bugs' impact as a vector of Chagas disease.