A light in the dark
Most people are familiar with the phenomenon that moths and other insects are attracted to light in the darkness. If you have the window open and the lights are on on a warm summer evening, it does not take long before you hear the sound of insects that repeatedly fly towards the light in their attempts to navigate. Both moths and daddy long-legs are frequent visitors who are attracted by the light in the apartments and houses, but also flies, capsids and beetles are among the insects who are lured in by a bright lamp. Why they do so is still controversial and researchers have several suggestions for an explanation.
One of the explanations is that insects use the light from the moon to navigate. An artificial light at night will thus confuse their senses and since light from a light bulb will move relative to the insect when it approaches, it gets stuck in a cycle, as it will try to keep a right angle to the light source to keep a fixed direction.
Another explanation is that many of the flowers, which insects seek out at night are pale or white and therefore reflect the light of the moon, which is how the insects find them. A glowing light bulb in the dark will look like the glare of a large flower, which is completely irresistible to hungry moths at night.
The last explanation is based on a phenomenon that we know from ourselves: Like us, many insects use their sight to navigate. A bright light at night will simply dazzle the animals and thus ruin their night vision. Therefore, it is safer to stay in the light, where you will be able to see possible enemies approaching than to fly blindly around in the dark.