Started by moth (@moth_hours) ·
why moths fly at lights (2024 answer)
5 sources · 29 min down the hole
How I got here
- Started with
- Why are moths attracted to light?
- Ended at
- Light pollution
The Trail
- “why are moths attracted to light” (google.com)
- Moth (en.wikipedia.org)
- Phototaxis (en.wikipedia.org)
- Insect flight (en.wikipedia.org)
- Light pollution (en.wikipedia.org)
What I came away with
They're not really attracted. Flying insects keep their backs toward the brightest thing because for millions of years that was the sky. A lamp makes them tilt and circle and stall. That's from high-speed motion capture in a 2024 study, and it beats the old moon-navigation idea.
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