2006-12-06 21:59:51 · 17 answers · asked by barney 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Because they are nocturnal and cant survive the heat during the day, so when they see a light at night its amazing to them!
2006-12-06 22:02:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-12-07 06:11:00 · answer #2 · answered by i am not a lovely girl i am cute 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I fear the question rests on a faulty assumption! Moths dont like light. You might as well ask why moths go to a candle flame and burn themselves to death - do they like fire? Are they masochistic pyromaniacs? No.
You have to keep in mind that moths have evolved over many tens of millions of years and they have not had time to update their behaviour to account for artifical light. In daylight, birds would make short work of small moths (bats are one of the top predators as they're nocturnal) and so they come out at night. The reason they are attracted to light is that they use it to navigate. If you are driving somewhere and you think right, the sun is on my left. If you make a couple of turns you can figure out which direction you've gone because the position of the sun wont have changed much. Thats what moths do with the moon. Because its so far away you could keep it 'on your left' for example, and it would guide you in a straight path (yes, they can compensate for the movement of the moon) what they CANT compensate for is an artificial light up close. Imagine a candle flame. You want to use that to navigate by, ok so its on your left, you start flying, suddenly its behind you to your left, so you turn, then turn again, and again. With an object so close the lines arent parallel at all and you'll be caught in a circle. Worse, the moth will fly in ever smaller circles and will get burned by a candle. A victim of outdated navigation software in its brain.
Regards.
2006-12-07 07:00:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually insects don't "like" the light. At night when it is dark, lights "over power" the insect eye. So that they swarm around the light bulb.
As for Moths, I've seen them during the day. Maybe you are interested in a particular moth??
2006-12-07 06:02:10 · answer #4 · answered by mizbehavingirl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A reason as to why moths are attracted to light could be because the light acts as a navigational cue. "A theory is they use the moon and the stars, which are linked into the earth’s rotational axis, as an alignment to orientate them. The idea is that the lights are an attractant for their orientation so it’s an in-built evolutionary link to their phototaxis state."
Phototaxis is a movement of an organism towards or away from a source of light.
2006-12-07 06:05:59 · answer #5 · answered by Barbara Doll to you 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oh my god, I'm always asking that!
I think they are attracted to the light at night so they can feed and mate, because it's where all the insects and other moths like to hang out. But still.
2006-12-07 06:04:29 · answer #6 · answered by upholstery_obsession 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They do come out during the day, but you dont notice them cos they're flying all over the place as there is light everywhere. But at night when there is limited light you will notice them more as they're crowding outside the window trying to get in!
2006-12-07 06:02:44 · answer #7 · answered by ScienceBug 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They use the light of stars and the moon the artificial light throws them off. So they fly towards the light.
2006-12-07 06:03:30 · answer #8 · answered by rrxdeadman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
who said moths like light???
2006-12-07 06:01:42 · answer #9 · answered by shai_fu_dean 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think it's because there are too many preys around during the day.. During the night they are well camouflaged so they are more well protected
2006-12-07 06:02:41 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋