WASHINGTON -- Like a moth to flame, many scientists and poets have long assumed that flying insects were simply, inexorably drawn to bright lights. But that's not exactly what's going on, a new study ...

WASHINGTON — Like a moth to flame, many scientists and poets have long assumed that flying insects were simply, inexorably drawn to bright lights. But that’s not exactly what’s going on, a new study ...

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Insect flight was least disrupted by bright lights that shine straight downward An Atlas Moth (Attacus lorquinii) used to test the interaction of flying insects with artificial light is photographed ...