They get burned and they continuo to fly to the light bulb until they die.
2007-09-08 18:07:46 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
***I meant when light bulbs are on!!!
2007-09-08 18:14:39 · update #1
That's an interesting question! I saw on the Discovery Chanel before that same bugs have a natural instinct to go to light because for millions of years they have used the moon light to help them migrate and navigate around. Our technology confuses them.
2007-09-08 18:21:41 · answer #1 · answered by willow 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Artificial light meses with their natural navigation and they tend to try to fly in a circle. As they do this they find themselves unable to actually navigate and follow the walls and end up near the bulb. For some reason though, a campfire seldom produces the same effect because they are able to fly a full circle around the fire and can keep their distance from it.
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Raji the Green Witch
2007-09-09 12:03:12 · answer #2 · answered by Raji the Green Witch 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i'll try to answer, sorry i'm not good at english.
Many bugs, most of the fliers, get know where they are by looking at the sun and taking a mesure of the incidence of sun rays, so that calculate the angle. when there is a very near light , they get conffused and start to fly in circles or spirals and finally they get to the bulb light
2007-09-09 01:27:04 · answer #3 · answered by carlos r 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They mistake anything that gives out light as sun and try to orient thier flight keeping a straight angle of flight with respect to "that" sun.
2007-09-09 01:22:55 · answer #4 · answered by ByTheWay 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God gave us a penis and a brain but not enough blood to use both at the same time.
2007-09-09 06:28:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋