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But how is a male moth able to locate the
female of its own species from among the
thousands of different species of moths
in its region? The moth’s sensitive

sense perception helps answer
that question. To cite one ex-
ample: the male of
Helicoverpa zea, a species of
moth that lives in North
America, can distinguish the
source of two different pheromones less than 1
millimeter (0.04 inch) apart. 86
Researchers have performed various experiments by installing
minute receptors on moths’ antennae—in other words, on their olfactory
organs. 87 As the male moth flew towards a pheromone inside a tunnel,
electrical signals transmitted by its antennae to its brain were re-
corded. It was observed that as soon as the moth encoun-
tered a cloud of pheromones, the signals from its an-

tennae changed.
C. Giovanni Galizia of the
University of Berlin states that the
moth’s scent- perception system
may be most ideally suited to
detecting smells in powerful
winds. 88 This perfect sys-
tem in an animal just a few
millimeters (inches) in
size is an evident miracle
of Creation.

Harun Yahya
(Adnan Oktar)