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Why are moths (and some other bugs) attracted to light?

Asked by AstroChuck (37609points) May 5th, 2008 from iPhone

I’m out sitting in my gazebo and there is a moth driving me nuts flying around inside one of my paper laterns.

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From what I understand they’ve evolved to navigate by the moon’s light. It’s called phototactic. The past hundred or so years have been pretty confusing for moths.

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