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Bugs fly around light fixtures at night because the light confuses them

Posted on 9/2/26 at 8:27 pm
Posted by weagle1999
Member since May 2025
3917 posts
Posted on 9/2/26 at 8:27 pm
Insects use light for navigation.

I see a moth circling again and again on a light, hoping to figure it out, and I feel the melancholy push me down.

They can’t understand what we have done, and yet they come back. Over and over hoping to reach a goal that they can’t quite identify.

I wonder if the sun never rose again if they would circle the light forever.
This post was edited on 9/2/26 at 8:39 pm
Posted by OweO
Plaquemine, La
Member since Sep 2009
122573 posts
Posted on 9/2/26 at 8:28 pm to
Its the heat.
Posted by forkedintheroad
Member since Feb 2025
2812 posts
Posted on 9/2/26 at 8:30 pm to
A moth goes into a podiatrist's office.The podiatrist says, "What's the problem?"The moth says, "Where do I begin? My wife has left me, my children hate me, I work all day in the dust and grime just to scrape by, and I feel like an absolute failure. The existential dread is crushing me. I wake up crying and I just want the pain to stop."The podiatrist looks at him with deep empathy and says, "Moth, your story breaks my heart. You are carrying an unimaginable burden. But I fix feet. You need a psychiatrist. Why on earth did you come into my office?"The moth shrugs and says, "Because the light was on."
Posted by GEAUXT
Member since Nov 2007
30649 posts
Posted on 9/2/26 at 8:32 pm to
you ain't Norm
Posted by UptownJoeBrown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2024
12248 posts
Posted on 9/2/26 at 8:34 pm to
quote:

and I feel a wisp of melancholy.

Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
76470 posts
Posted on 9/2/26 at 8:37 pm to
They literally don't know which way is up.
Posted by weagle1999
Member since May 2025
3917 posts
Posted on 9/2/26 at 8:37 pm to
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Its the heat.


Light
Emitting
Diode
Posted by dblwall
Member since Jul 2017
2036 posts
Posted on 9/2/26 at 8:39 pm to
Watched a youtube video where they were restocking a fish pond. They positioned a light low over the pond at night. Bugs attracted would fall into the water plenty to eat for the fish.
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
76411 posts
Posted on 9/2/26 at 8:55 pm to
quote:

Bugs fly around light fixtures at night because the light confuses them
Posted by shutterspeed
MS Gulf Coast
Member since May 2007
74030 posts
Posted on 9/2/26 at 9:02 pm to
lol. Bugs are stupid.
Posted by kayjay
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2007
821 posts
Posted on 9/2/26 at 9:08 pm to
Well help them out and turn the light off. The moths can rest in peace.
Posted by Zendog
Santa Barbara
Member since Feb 2019
7114 posts
Posted on 9/2/26 at 9:29 pm to
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