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[–] wabafee@lemmy.world 42 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Apparently moths are not attracted to light they just can't get away with it. Because they use the brightest light as a way to orient themselves. It turns out this is instictive and has no way for them to get out of that state without them knocking themselves out. ln short, mothman we'll be there standing till daylight.

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 22 points 10 months ago

Apparently the orientation theory doesn't explain all the observations. I found a page with some interesting details: https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/why-moths-are-attracted-to-light/

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] TIMMAY@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Woot anton crowd woot