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RosieG

Moths to a flame must really get off on pain. Why do they keep returning to the scene of their burning? Death wish?

Posted - November 30, 2018
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  • 6023
    Why moths fly toward lights/flames, is one of the mysteries science has yet to answer.

    https://www.livescience.com/33156-moths-drawn-artificial-lights.html
      November 30, 2018 12:26 PM MST
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  • 113301
    Thank you for your reply Walt and the link! :)
      November 30, 2018 2:33 PM MST
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  • 7280
    Why are moths attracted to the light?---worth a read:

    https://animals.howstuffworks.com/insects/question675.htm
      November 30, 2018 2:18 PM MST
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  • 113301
    Thank you for your reply tom and the link. I'm gonna re-ask the question because I'm really asking about why people keep going back for more and more when it might be killing them. SIGH
      November 30, 2018 2:34 PM MST
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  • 3684
    It's the light that attracts them, but they only do it once... if the lamp or flame is hot enough to kill them.

    Unfortunately none of their fellow moths have the intellect to learn from the demise of those before them.

    That's insects. Humans are not like that..... errr, I think?
      December 3, 2018 4:37 PM MST
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