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    4. what attracts insects to light?
    what attracts insects to light?

    i leave the porch light on and whithin minutes there's a barrage of differant type insects why maybe the heat

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      5 years ago. Rating: 4
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        ....cockroaches are repelled by light

        5 years ago. Rating: 3
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          mycatsmom

          That's interesting .
          commented 5 years ago
          The Heat is a big part of it, Something else is that there vison isnt the same as ours, and they cant only see the light in the dark, so they go towards the light, But I guess to really know for sure, you'd have to walk in thier shoes
          12 years ago. Rating: 1
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            wonderer

            insects dont were shoes
            commented 12 years ago
            mycatsmom

            wonderer, LOL . that joke was a shoe-in
            commented 5 years ago


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