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).

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

In the United States bats are beneficial members of the animal community. They help to control night-flying insects, in some instances pollinate flowers, and scatter the seeds of plants. Their guano ...

Unlike those unsightly yellow ribbons that hang from ceilings displaying dead, stuck-on flies, the Veyofly is a clever ...

Especially flying ones, like insects that perform feats of flight that can surpass those of human pilots. When flying, they experience such rapid acceleration that their gravity sensing becomes ...

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.

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

Most June bugs are brown, ranging from a lighter reddish-brown to a brown so dark it looks almost black. But they can also be a metallic green color. Adult June bugs come out at night to eat and mate.

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.