Reply to: Why are moths attracted to bright lights?

[EternalOptimist]

Why do moths fly towards the light ?
as with most things in the animal kingdom it comes down to reproduction.



Boy moth meets girl moth in a dark garden, boy moth says
'hey baby, fancy a sh@g'
girl moth 'you gotta be kidding, we only just met'
boy moth 'come on , you know you want it'
girl moth 'Like yeah. I dont even know what you look like. Come and step over into the light'

[Diver]

As a vegetarian, I take offence to that! Mind you, duck is fantastic! So's beef, lamb, pork, veal, pheasant, hare, rabbit... hmmm.

I once swallowed a large moth.
I was on a motorbike in the fast lane when it hit the back of my throat, it was swallow or choke.

They taste foul, trust me >shudder<

[Bob Dalek]

I wouldn't mind ducks and pigeons flying round my light bulbs.
Freezer would always be full

As a vegetarian, I take offence to that! Mind you, duck is fantastic! So's beef, lamb, pork, veal, pheasant, hare, rabbit... hmmm.

[Diver]

I like you again.

I wouldn't mind ducks and pigeons flying round my light bulbs.
Freezer would always be full

[Bob Dalek]

dimwitted tramp's todger! <-- I may plagiarize that regularly


I left school at 14. I started working part time when I was 12. Didn't have much energy left over for school. But I do know why moths etc. are attracted to light, and the navigational abilities of birds fish, sea and land mammals and the current theories pertaining to these extraordinary abilities

I just thought my response was funny

I like you again.

[DS23]

I went to school too, but didn't use the Moon. I sometimes navigate using the Moon in the car though.

so that's where it goes to.

[Diver]

Because, dimwitted tramp's todger, they use landmarks, scent, temperature, and (it's thought) magnetic "pathways". Learnt that at school, too. Attending on Saturdays and Sundays has not paid dividends for you, has it?

dimwitted tramp's todger! <-- I may plagiarize that regularly


I left school at 14. I started working part time when I was 12. Didn't have much energy left over for school. But I do know why moths etc. are attracted to light, and the navigational abilities of birds fish, sea and land mammals and the current theories pertaining to these extraordinary abilities

I just thought my response was funny

[Bob Dalek]

Why don't ducks and pigeons do it then smartass?

Because, dimwitted tramp's todger, they use landmarks, scent, temperature, and (it's thought) magnetic "pathways". Learnt that at school, too. Attending on Saturdays and Sundays has not paid dividends for you, has it?

[TimberWolf]

They use the moon to navigate. Other light sources are, to them, "the guiding light". They spiral around lights, and eventually hit them, as they are trying to keep the light at a certain angle to their flight path. I know all this because I went to school.

I went to school too, but didn't use the Moon. I sometimes navigate using the Moon in the car though. Quite handily, if you trace a line going through the shadow of the Earth's eclipse on the Moon (I forget the common name of it) to ground , this is South. They don't teach this at school either.

[Diver]

They use the moon to navigate. Other light sources are, to them, "the guiding light". They spiral around lights, and eventually hit them, as they are trying to keep the light at a certain angle to their flight path. I know all this because I went to school.

Why don't ducks and pigeons do it then smartass?

[Bob Dalek]

They use the moon to navigate. Other light sources are, to them, "the guiding light". They spiral around lights, and eventually hit them, as they are trying to keep the light at a certain angle to their flight path. I know all this because I went to school.

[Diver]

They think it's the way out of a big dark room.

Houseflies like circling lights that aren't even on.

They are just waiting!

Devious ferkers

[TimberWolf]

They think it's the way out of a big dark room.

Houseflies like circling lights that aren't even on.

[SandyDown]

Moths aren't attracted to light, they are simply scared of the dark.

HTH

Or is it the heat???

See answer above, if they really are scared of the dark, then they'd get up during the day and sleep at night, but they prefer to be up during the dark... hence not scared of the dark, they love it, but they have this fatal attraction towards the light ...

[Diver]

Moths aren't attracted to light, they are simply scared of the dark.

HTH

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