(December 9, 2013 at 7:06 pm)Jacob(smooth) Wrote: Actually moths don't see something bright and head towards it. They are trying to fly in a straight line is all. Sadly, they evolved navigating with a light source at optical infinity (the moon). With that they have only to keep its light at a certain visual position (say 2 O clock) and they will fly in a straight line. But with a close light source like a candle, keeping it at 2 O clock causes then to fly in a spiral as the keep vectoring in to correct their course.
That's not relevant, I just thought it was interesting.
It is, actually. Something else I didn't know.
Though it did shoot down my comparison rather well.

Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni:
"You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???"