The Reason Why, Insects Are Attracted , to Artificial Light.<br />Gizmodo reports that <br />researchers believe they finally know <br />why insects seem to be drawn to lights.<br />New data suggests that bugs <br />are not attracted to the light, <br />as is commonly believed.<br />Rather, researchers now believe that <br />based on insects' use of light sources to <br />orient flight, artificial lights disorient bugs.<br />The team's findings were published <br />in the journal 'Nature Communications.'.<br />This has been a prehistorical <br />question. In the earliest writings, <br />people were noticing this around fire. , Jamie Theobald, Biologist at Florida International <br />University and co-author of the study, via Gizmodo.<br />It turns out all our <br />speculations about why it <br />happens have been wrong, Jamie Theobald, Biologist at Florida International <br />University and co-author of the study, via Gizmodo.<br />Researchers note that insects' <br />"seemingly erratic" flying patterns <br />are really their failed attempts <br />to understand the artificial light. .<br />Rather than steering toward the light, bugs were <br />seen turning their dorsum, or their backs, <br />toward the light, attempting to steer by it.<br />Under natural sky light, tilting <br />the dorsum towards the brightest <br />visual hemisphere helps maintain <br />proper flight attitude and control, Study authors, via Gizmodo.<br />Near artificial sources, <br />however, this highly conserved <br />dorsal-light-response can produce <br />continuous steering around <br />the light and trap an insect, Study authors, via Gizmodo
