Wonder about moths...?

Question

Why are moths attracted to light?

There's one sitting amongst my lamp shade right now, it hasn't moved in like half an hour...

Someone please tell me why moths do that.

Answer 1

when the moths get close to the light, a different kind of behavior takes over. Instead of being attracted to the light, the moth is actually trying to avoid the light. When you think about it, this is only natural. To a creature of the night like a moth, daylight and by extension any bright light means danger. The moth doesn't fly directly away from the light due to a peculiarity of vision called a Mach band. A Mach band, which apparently is common to all sighted creatures, is the region surrounding a bright light that seems darker than any other part of the sky.

Eventually either its momentum carries it away or it finds a dark corner to hole up in.