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Everyone knows that light attracts
. In prehistoric times, our
questioned why winged insects buzzed around
. An old saying describes this attraction as being, "like a moth to a
". However, a recent study dispels the long-believed
that insects head towards light because they like it. Biologists at Imperial College London have reported that insects are drawn to light because it helps with their orientation when in
. The scientists said artificial light actually disorients
bugs like moths and mosquitos, often to
ends. Jamie Theobald, co-author of the
, said all our speculations about why insects fly toward light "might have been
".
