Light pollution is more serious than expected: Moths not only lose their orientation directly under street lamps. Their flight behavior is also disturbed outside the cone of light.

Shedding light with harmonic radar: Unveiling the hidden impacts of streetlights on moth flight behavior. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 2024; 121 (42) DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2401215121 ...

Tami Gingrich outlines the effects of light pollution on native moth populations and makes suggestions for helping them.

Imagine traveling more than 600 miles from the only home you’ve ever known, to a mountain ridge you’ve never been to. It’s nighttime, completely dark, and you don’t have a map, GPS, compass, or ...

To catch a moth, turn on the light. ... You can check iNaturalist’s 14.8 million moth observations to see what’s living near you. Moths have a shabby reputation in the United States.

"We know that daytime migratory insects use the sun, so testing the starry sky seemed an obvious thing to try." ...

Light pollution is a major contributor to insect decline, ... If You Love Moths (and You Should), Replace Your Porch Light With Something Better. Published May 28, 2025.

Light pollution is more serious than expected: Moths not only lose their orientation directly under street lamps. Their flight behaviour is also disturbed outside the cone of light.

Light pollution is more serious than expected: Moths not only lose their orientation directly under street lamps. Their flight behavior is also disturbed outside the cone of light.