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light pollution (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Moths when excessive lighting at night:

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

It's actually a little sadder than that. Most flying insects sense the light above them as the sun (or moon) and orient themselves based on the suns position. Our artificial light tricks them into thinking that the sun is out and they end up orbiting the lights helplessly as their internal gyroscopes are constantly confusing them.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Lil moth rave