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Moth brains are very little and rather limited. They are wired to use a light source, like the moon, for navigation. In natural surroundings, this ensures they fly in a straight line and thus travel as far as possible in a night, which is good for spreading their genes. Other things guide them too, especially their sense of smell.

But in urban settings they confuse lamps with the moon and end up trying to fly straight, but are doing it in respect of a nearby fixed object. Which is a circle. So they circle and circle and get exhausted. And sometimes the heat kills them.

But they are deeply stupid, and don't know what to do to escape this trap.

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