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Talented Moths Show Researchers How to Hover Animals are often studied to shed light on the origin of physical skills, such as the efficiency with which a cockroach scurries or the sonar-guided flight of bats. One engineering feat that has always been admired by humans is the ability to hover in flight. We have built machines that do this fairly well, such as helicopters, but there is plenty of room for improvement. Fortunately, there is the homely yet acrobatically gifted moth. Researchers chose the moth for its hovering skills because it is a relatively large flying insect that is "incredibly good at hovering," according to Dr. Jonathan Dhyr from the University of Washington