Why are moths nocturnal when they could be awake during the day to get more light?

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Why are moths nocturnal when they could be awake during the day to get more light?

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If they were awake during the day they would all fly into the sun and die!

Seriously though… moths don’t need light. Stereotypically they are attracted to light but that’s just navigation thing, calibrated to it being night to begin with. They are not like feeding off of light like photosynthesis or like humans get vitamin D from light.

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