4 ms·

So… Why do bugs bash into lights? Because they think they’re the sky. That seems to be the simplest, most down-to-earth and in-touch with instinct interpretat

So… Why do bugs bash into lights? Because they think they’re the sky. That seems to be the simplest, most down-to-earth and in-touch with instinct interpretation I can think up for this. The only confusions resting on the word “think.”

hypertele-Xii 3y ago
Lots of flying insects fly explicitly to find a mate. My pet theory is that they congregate to lights like a mating beacon, to find each other. After all, fireflies do that bioluminently without assistance. Light carries further than sound, but is expensive to generate.