{"id":7042537,"date":"2026-08-20T05:52:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T05:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/aerospace\/why-dont-insects-live-in-the-ocean-scientists-just-ruled-out-one-possible-explanation-thanks-to-deep-diving-fly-larvae\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T05:52:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T05:52:37","slug":"why-dont-insects-live-in-the-ocean-scientists-just-ruled-out-one-possible-explanation-thanks-to-deep-diving-fly-larvae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7042537","title":{"rendered":"Why Don&#8217;t Insects Live in the Ocean? Scientists Just Ruled Out One Possible Explanation Thanks to Deep-Diving Fly Larvae"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"\">\n<header class=\"article-header\">\n<h2 class=\"tagline article-tagline\" itemprop=\"description\">Researchers thought that insects might not live there because their respiratory systems would implode from water pressure. But certain fly larvae in East Africa make daily trips toward the bottom of Lake Malawi with the help of strong air sacs that contain a stretchy protein<\/h2>\n<div class=\"article-line\">\n<section class=\"author-box by-line single-author\">\n<div class=\"author-headshot smart-news\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com\/24skrvZHx08_3kqn5jxM2-xJ540=\/fit-in\/160x80\/filters:no_upscale()\/https:\/\/tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/accounts\/headshot\/Sara_-_Headshot_thumbnail.png\" alt=\"Sara Hashemi\" class=\"headshot\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<div class=\"author-text\">\n<p class=\"author\" itemprop=\"author\">\n<p>          <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/author\/sara-hashemi\/\">Sara Hashemi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>            | <span class=\"author-short-bio\">Daily Correspondent<\/span><\/p>\n<p>      <time class=\"pub-date\" itemprop=\"datePublished\" data-pubdate=\"Aug. 19, 2026, 4:52 p.m.\">August 19, 2026 4:52 p.m.<\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<figure class=\"article-image lead-article-image\">\n<picture class=\"responsive-image\"><source media=\"(max-width: 600px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com\/LqPtJq_POj-QlGfzuS8Qho_jVdc=\/600x400\/filters:focal(500x338:501x339)\/https:\/\/tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/filer_public\/97\/c9\/97c9789f-14e5-4a5d-9175-0d31b2b109c9\/article_-_a_swarm_of_the_lake_fly_chaoborus_edulis_over_lake_malawi_credit_philip_matthews.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com\/DsXVDcBtpmQKdsxxLSNXo-tK8O0=\/768x512\/filters:focal(500x338:501x339)\/https:\/\/tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/filer_public\/97\/c9\/97c9789f-14e5-4a5d-9175-0d31b2b109c9\/article_-_a_swarm_of_the_lake_fly_chaoborus_edulis_over_lake_malawi_credit_philip_matthews.jpg\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\"><source media=\"(max-width: 1000px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com\/DsXVDcBtpmQKdsxxLSNXo-tK8O0=\/768x512\/filters:focal(500x338:501x339)\/https:\/\/tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/filer_public\/97\/c9\/97c9789f-14e5-4a5d-9175-0d31b2b109c9\/article_-_a_swarm_of_the_lake_fly_chaoborus_edulis_over_lake_malawi_credit_philip_matthews.jpg, https:\/\/th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com\/_o9zA-imyBH6sVsEIYZN6p8UXK4=\/1026x684\/filters:focal(500x338:501x339)\/https:\/\/tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/filer_public\/97\/c9\/97c9789f-14e5-4a5d-9175-0d31b2b109c9\/article_-_a_swarm_of_the_lake_fly_chaoborus_edulis_over_lake_malawi_credit_philip_matthews.jpg 2x\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com\/_o9zA-imyBH6sVsEIYZN6p8UXK4=\/1026x684\/filters:focal(500x338:501x339)\/https:\/\/tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/filer_public\/97\/c9\/97c9789f-14e5-4a5d-9175-0d31b2b109c9\/article_-_a_swarm_of_the_lake_fly_chaoborus_edulis_over_lake_malawi_credit_philip_matthews.jpg\" width=\"1026\" height=\"684\" alt=\"a swarm of lake flies over a lake\" itemprop=\"image\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n            <\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"caption\">\n<p>                A swarm of\u00a0<em>Chaoborus edulis<\/em>\u00a0flies over Lake Malawi<br \/>\n              <span class=\"credit\">Philip Matthews<\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>An estimated six million species of insect\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/smart-news\/earth-might-be-home-to-20-million-insect-speciesmore-than-three-times-as-many-as-previously-thought-a-study-suggests-180989062\/\">maybe even more<\/a>\u2014call Earth home. Yet for some reason, none of them are found in the ocean. Scientists have come up with a few possible explanations, and a popular one posits that the insect respiratory system would implode from water pressure.<\/p>\n<p>Now, however, the deep-diving larvae in East Africa are challenging that notion. In a study published in the journal\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/science.aed0667\"><em>Science<\/em><\/a>\u00a0on July 23, researchers report that the larvae of the lake fly\u00a0<em>Chaoborus edulis<\/em>\u00a0regularly dive more than 650 feet below the surface of Lake Malawi thanks to strong air sacs that contain a stretchy protein.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was a big surprise,\u201d says study co-author\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/zoology.ubc.ca\/person\/philip-matthews\">Philip Matthews<\/a>, a zoologist at the University of British Columbia in Canada, in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/science.ubc.ca\/news\/2026-07\/insect-submariners-dont-implode-depth-leaving-oceanic-mystery-unsolved\">statement<\/a>. \u201cIt tells us pressure isn\u2019t the barrier we thought it was to insect life colonizing the ocean.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The findings highlight an extraordinary ability in the insects and could inspire new types of materials.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"video\">\n<div class=\"embedly-plugin\" data-type=\"video\">\n<div class=\"video-image\">\n<p>&#8216;Chaoborus edulis&#8217; larvae close up<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/C_O6mW1WPp8\/maxresdefault.jpg\" data-video-id=\"C_O6mW1WPp8\" alt=\"'Chaoborus edulis' larvae close up\"\/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>  <iframe width=\"854\" src=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"player\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay\" title=\"'Chaoborus edulis' larvae close up\"><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>For the study, Matthews and his colleagues deployed an underwater sonar system in Lake Malawi, where billions of <em>C. edulis<\/em>\u00a0live. The data provided a window into the critters\u2019 daily lives. In the morning, larvae descend to the lake\u2019s hypolimnion\u2014the deepest, coldest layer of water\u2014at an average rate of about 25 feet per hour. The young bugs were recorded reaching depths of up to roughly 850 feet.<\/p>\n<p>In the afternoon, they begin to rise toward the surface at an average rate of 65 feet per hour, finishing the journey by late evening. The cycle seems to help the insects evade predators.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey can regulate their buoyancy in such a way that they can hide from the fish during the day by either sinking down, going incredibly deep, to find a region where there\u2019s no oxygen. The fish can\u2019t chase them in there,\u201d Matthews tells Flora Lichtman on an episode of\u00a0\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencefriday.com\/segments\/dragonfly-flight-mechanics-and-lake-fly-diving\/\">Science Friday<\/a>.\u201d \u201cThen they can float up at night when the fish find it really hard to see them and eat them. And then they can spend their time eating the zooplankton up in the surface waters at night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But how does\u00a0<em>C. edulis\u00a0<\/em>complete the trip? Studying some of them in the lab revealed their secret: a highly elastic protein called resilin. The larvae\u2019s air sacs are covered in alternating bands of resilin and stiff cuticle, giving the respiratory structures the ability to contract and expand like an accordion to change the animals\u2019 buoyancy. The structures change in response to alterations in pH level in the walls of the air sacs.<\/p>\n<p>Then, to investigate how well the insect can withstand pressure, the scientists placed larvae and pupae\u2014the next developmental stage\u2014of <em>C. edulis\u00a0<\/em>and three other species belonging to the <em>Chaoborus <\/em>genus\u00a0in water-filled pressure chambers. <em>C. edulis\u00a0<\/em>could withstand increasingly higher pressures as it developed, with its pupae able to endure water pressure up to 1,519 feet deep. The other species could only handle much shallower depths. That\u2019s because <em>C. edulis<\/em>\u2019 air sacs<em>\u00a0<\/em>were stronger than those of the other species, the team found, and the strength correlated with the maximum depth of each animal\u2019s environment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"insight\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"h4-style\">Did you know? More insect species than we thought<\/p>\n<p>Many recent insect estimates have come to the consensus that Earth has roughly six million species. But in June, researchers reported that our planet might actually host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/smart-news\/earth-might-be-home-to-20-million-insect-speciesmore-than-three-times-as-many-as-previously-thought-a-study-suggests-180989062\/\">between 14 million and 20 million insect species<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The study is \u201cbeautiful,\u201d says\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/expertise.uwo.ca\/162-natasha-mhatre\">Natasha Mhatre<\/a>, a biologist at the University of Western Ontario in Canada who wasn\u2019t involved in the work, to Mary Randolph at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/why-dont-insects-live-in-the-ocean\/\"><em>Scientific American<\/em><\/a>. Connecting the mechanics of the air sacs, biochemistry and ecology, she adds, \u201cis what\u2019s so sweet about this paper.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s more, the findings could inspire new technologies, says study co-author\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/zoology.ubc.ca\/person\/evan-mckenzie\">Evan McKenzie<\/a>, a zoologist at the University of British Columbia, to Margherita Bassi at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.popsci.com\/environment\/insects-survive-water-pressure\/\"><em>Popular Science<\/em><\/a>. <em>Chaoborus<\/em> resilin could be \u201cof great interest to material science where it could be developed as a dynamic material that morphs its shape in response to changes in its chemical environment.\u201d For example, its properties could be harnessed to develop artificial muscles or valves activated by different pH levels, per the statement.<\/p>\n<p>Still, the study leaves the absence of ocean insects an ongoing mystery. Perhaps challenges of living in salt water or a lack of available ecological niches are stopping insects from moving into the ocean, Matthews says in the statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCrustaceans, which are distant cousins of insects, still fill those niches,\u201d he adds, \u201cso the insects can\u2019t just move back into an empty apartment\u2014the tenants are still there.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"in-article-newsletter\">\n<div class=\"leade\">\n<h3>Get the latest stories in your inbox every weekday.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<section class=\"tag-list\">\n<nav class=\"nav-tags\">\n<\/nav>\n<\/section><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers thought that insects might not live there because their respiratory systems would implode from water pressure. 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