Researchers may have solved the mystery of why flying insects are attracted to lights at night ... that insects may be interpreting artificial light as an escape route, or that the Moon has some role ...

One way some insects stay oriented is by ... have long sought to answer the question of why insects are attracted to artificial light. "I think there are both practical reasons to want to ...

which definitely attracts some insects to bask on the towers. Beetles and flies, specifically, have been found to rest on towers despite the increased risk for predation,” Weschler says. “There is ...