Why do moths and other flying insects fly towards the light?

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Whenever I turn my porch light on at night a host of insects flock to it. Why is that?

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Moths navigate by light, using the assumption that light comes from up. Having little sources of light that aren’t the sky messes with their sense of direction, so they can’t figure out a way to fly away from it until the light is turned off.

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