Why do moths go to the light?

Answer 1

Insects use the sun to navigate.

Insects are not very stable flyers, and try to keep the sun in the same spot in their view to fly in a certain direction. Since the sun is so far away, as they move, the sun seems to stay in the same place. If it moves, the insect alters its flight path to put the sun back in the same place in its view to maintain its course.

At night, there is no sun, and insects don't know the difference between the sun and lightbulbs. Since lightbulbs are so close, as the insects move and try to keep the light source in the same place in their view, they end up turning toward the light. They think they are flying in a straight line, but actually they are curving toward the light.

It is their natural navigation system that depends on the sun that is thrown off by lights that are closer than 93 million miles.

More Information:

Many night insects use the moon as a navigational tool since it is the brightest natural light at night.

And here comes man with the white electrical light that and confuses these bugs. The insects mistake the strong bright electrical light (that could be emanated from a street light for example) to be the moon and as they attempt to keep a specific angle from the moon when they fly, so sometimes they keep flying in circles round it.

Answer 2

Long story short, moth have very small brains! To explain more, moths use the moon as a compose. the moon always points north. So when a moth or moths go to the lamp on your porch, they think it's the moon, so they go towards it, and they keep on tring to go towards it but there's glass there! this is the reason why moths bonk on lamps. some people don't like moths in there house, so they invented a devise that is a light but when a moth touch it, it electrocutes the moth and they die:(

Answer 3

Moth fly towards light because, they use the moon as a compose, and when moths see a light, they fly towards it, thinking it's the moon!

However, One theory is that many night-flying moths find their way by using the moon as a guide. By flying at a constant angle to the moon-say with the moon always on their left-they keep going in the same direction. To a moth, a bright light such as a lamp resembles a super-moon. Keeping at the angle to the lamp makes the moth circle around it and eventually spiral into it. If the light is in a building, moths flutter at the window trying to reach the substitute moon.

Answer 4

Moths navigate using the moon and stars, which are natural sources of light. Artificial lights can confuse their navigation system, causing them to fly towards it. This behavior is known as phototaxis.

Answer 5

Moths are nocturnal they like the moon, they see light as a moon substitute

Answer 6

This is unknown.

It may have something to do with navigating by the Moon.

Answer 7

becuase there atractted to the sun and moon

Answer 8

nobody knows for sure