Artificial lights at night are causing serious disruption to insects on the night shift. Insects often become disoriented, ...

A multiple-exposure photograph of insects circling a light at night. Samuel Fabian, CC BY-ND. Samuel Fabian, ... keeping their backs to the bulb until, eventually flying straight up, they stalled and ...

Flying insects are known to make a beeline for lights in the dark, as the saying goes, "like moths to a flame." Now, scientists have figured out why insects are so keen on light, but it's not ...

But this hasn't been so great for night-flying insects. Moths can detect light wavelengths as low as 300 nanometers (invisible to human eyes) and as high as 700nm (orange-red to humans).

NEW PAPER: Ever wondered why insects fly in all sorts of crazy patterns around lights at night? So did we! We set about recording flying insects to work out what's going on.

We have all seen the headlines about the alarming decline in insect populations. But while the plight of butterflies and bees ...

Following the recent storms in Bexar County, residents might notice large groups of flying insects — but what are these creatures?

When insects flew directly under a light, they often arched upward as it passed behind them, keeping their backs to the bulb until, eventually flying straight up, they stalled and fell out of the air.

Artificial lights at night are causing serious disruption to insects on the night shift. Insects often become disoriented, flying in endless circles around bright lights, burning energy they ...