Moon orientation in adult and young sandhoppers

In the last 30 years, lunar orientation has received little attention from students of animal orientation. Even in Talitrus saltator, the first animal s in which the lunar compass was demonstrated, research did not continue. O ur studies have demonstrated that: 1) chronometrically compensated lunar or ientation is independent of the earth's magnetic field tan ever present non -chronometric orientation reference); 2) lunar orientation is independent o f the lunar shape; and 3) the lunar compass is also used by young animals b orn in the laboratory (without experience in nature).