# Why don't moths fly toward the sun in the daytime?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 29, 2002, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-moths-fly-toward-the-sun-in-the-daytime/106312 "2002-04-29T16:18:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![piratz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e5b9ba/32.png) [@piratz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/piratz)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-moths-fly-toward-the-sun-in-the-daytime/106312/1 "2002-04-29T16:18:53Z")

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If moths like light bulbs, and try to fly toward, and bounce into them, then why don’t they try to fly toward the sun during the daytime?😕

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**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-moths-fly-toward-the-sun-in-the-daytime/106312/2 "2002-04-29T16:51:22Z")

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Easy: because moths are nocturnal. You don’t follow the sun if you sleep all day.

For more on the light-following habits of moths, see the Straight Dope article, [Why are moths attracted to bright lights?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a890127.html)

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**Author:** ![papertiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce73a5/32.png) [@papertiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papertiger)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-moths-fly-toward-the-sun-in-the-daytime/106312/3 "2002-04-29T16:54:34Z")

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But why are they nocturnal? Is it because they are evil?