Why insects are attracted towards light ?

                                          

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Today in this article we will go to know about , why insects attracted towards light ?

As you seen that whenever at any place, where lamp, street light etc. are there, you able to see some number of insects covered the light lamp , isn't ? 

But here we are going to tell you one thing that, not all insects attracted towards lights, in this only some few insects are only attracted towards lights.

Which insects are attracted towards light ?

The only some few insects are only attracted towards light. Those insects are called as or known by name as positive phototaxis .

The positive phototaxis insects like such as Moth , flies etc. which is naturally attracted towards light .

As we going to know further , so there is a negative phototaxis insects are also exist on the earth and they are not attracted towards light. 

The negative phototaxis insects like such as, for examples cockroaches or earthworm. So it means that, the negative phototaxis insects are naturally repelled by an exposure to lights.

The concept on this topic is " why insects are attracted towards light " to knowing this philosophy, there is no any specific scientific explanation. but there are some theories.

The only several theories on which their offer a possible explanation , their are :

A) The phototaxis insect sees light as an emergency and a safety signal purpose.

B) The phototaxis insect use the light to help with their flight and navigation purposes.

C) These insects are naturally attracted towards light, which we know that by the other name called as or known as phototaxis insects.

Why do insects use light for their safety purpose ?

For the phototaxis insects , a bright source light is seen as an emergency beacon light. In condition when insect come in a doubt , so these insects naturally move head towards light source. 

They are positioned generally on a higher ground surface than the dangerous or we can say hazardous environment they current stay.

Source of light play a very important role for some insects. Its very familiar to safety signal of these insects.

Is just like as an air bubble , the air bubble lead the way or path to the surface of water for some kind of underwater creatures.

How do insects use light for navigation ?

The another very popular theory attraction of these insects towards light is for navigation.

For understanding purpose we take an one example : consider if an insect flying towards south direction , so to able to judge its direction by keeping a natural light source, like such as sun or moon.

So this method is come in works as long as the source of light remains in constant state.