Why is it that insects go inside lamps and die in there?

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There may be a very obvious answer to this but it always freaks me out, seeing a lamp somewhere and noticing how it is filled with dead bugs and stuff. Why in the world would those insects kill themselves by going inside the lamps? Is it because they are attracted to light? (That would seem a little dubious since they should be noticing how the warmth of lamps burns them to death, right?)

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    2 Responses to “Why is it that insects go inside lamps and die in there?”

    1. Beca Dickerson Says:
      January 9th, 2012 at 10:15 pm

      The other types of lamp shade it all depends on the light and heat some bugs cant figure out of lamp shade it all depends on the bug.

    2. jean ann j Says:
      January 12th, 2012 at 12:13 am

      Bugs have been around for years and have not developed any brain cells. They just lay around, or fly or hang or curl up into little balls. They can not resist the glow and warmth of a light. The bugs enjoy the warmth of the light at first and then about that time the light cooks them.