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The origin of a fatal attraction: Why mosquitoes and moths fly around light bulbs

Flying insects are attracted to artificial light sources.

Artificial light can cause flying insects to lose their orientation and flight stability. [ more ]

www.scientificamerican.com

Artificial light confuses insects and causes them to fly in circles

Previous hypotheses about insect behavior around lights have not provided concrete proof [ more ]

www.npr.org

Artificial light can interfere with insects' ability to determine what direction is 'up' while flying.

Insects instinctively turn their backs to light and try to fly so that their back is always facing the light source. [ more ]

The Atlantic

The resurgence of bedbugs in 50 countries since the late 1990s has brought an added twist: the appearance of tropical bedbugs in temperate regions.

Tropical bedbugs, like the common bedbugs, have become resistant to many standard pesticides, making them difficult to eliminate. [ more ]

New York Post

Flying bugs are not actually attracted to light, contrary to popular belief.

Insects are confused by artificial lights and turn their backs to them, mistaking them for the sky. [ more ]

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