How insects track odors by navigating microscale winds

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May 30, 2023, 3:00 pm145 pts
How do flying insects like important pollinators locate odor sources in the great outdoors, despite encountering highly variable wind conditions? They use odor plumes—which travel like smoke and form when the wind blows odor molecules from their source—to track down sources such as flowers or pheromones.

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