Why are moths attracted to light, but dont come out durring the day?

Question

Why are moths attracted to light, but dont come out durring the day?

Answer 1

something about navigating by starlight or moonlight--you don't see stars/moon-light during the day (b/c it's overpowered by sunlight).

Answer 2

moths are not attracted to light. I know this sounds wrong. Moths use the sun for navigation, as do many living things. But the sun is, in practical terms, infinitely far away. Light beams from the sun that hit the eyes of a month are all parallel to each other. In fact, all the light beams that hit the earth are parallel to one another.

Moths have been around for much longer than artificial light. When they come close to a light bulb or flame, they are confused. This happens because of the way their eyes have developed, with a more or less complex arrangement designed to pick up parallel beams of light. Moths don't have the same type of depth perception that we have thanks to the stereoscopic arrangement of our eyes. As a result, they find themselves in a spiral, trying to make sense of what they are perceiving. If it's a flame, it's all over for the moth.