Isnt the sun the actual lamp and all others the forbidden ones? Like they try to orient at the sun when wanting to rise higher, that’s why they get caught by artificial light no?
My understanding is that light directly above is their method of determining how to stay upright, so artificial lights cause them to think up is towards the light, so attempting to go in a straight line puts them in orbit around it.
They aren’t trying to go towards the light at all. They’re attempting to go perpendicular to the light.
Imagine that level of extreme vertigo where the ground completely changes based on your angle to the nearest lämp and you’re just falling over and rolling around. I feel bad for the moths now it sounds like torture
Isnt the sun the actual lamp and all others the forbidden ones? Like they try to orient at the sun when wanting to rise higher, that’s why they get caught by artificial light no?
My understanding is that light directly above is their method of determining how to stay upright, so artificial lights cause them to think up is towards the light, so attempting to go in a straight line puts them in orbit around it.
They aren’t trying to go towards the light at all. They’re attempting to go perpendicular to the light.
Imagine that level of extreme vertigo where the ground completely changes based on your angle to the nearest lämp and you’re just falling over and rolling around. I feel bad for the moths now it sounds like torture
:(Maybe that’s why they’re so bumbling :(
I thought it was the moon.