| surviving cave bats: auditory and behavioural defences in the australian noctuid moth, speiredonia spectans. | the australian noctuid moth, speiredonia spectans shares its subterranean day roosts (caves and abandoned mines) with insectivorous bats, some of which prey upon it. the capacity of this moth to survive is assumed to arise from its ability to listen for the bats' echolocation calls and take evasive action; however, the auditory characteristics of this moth or any tropically distributed australian moth have never been examined. we investigated the ears of s. spectans and determined that they are ... | 2008 | 19043053 |