Weird. My home has only LED bulbs. There are still moths and bees who get attracted to the light when I leave the window open.

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recursive 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Do they cluster around the bulbs? If not, they might not be attracted to the lights.

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Brian_K_White 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Install a single incandescent somewhere and be less mystified by the claim.

They didn't say no bug ever goes to any led light.

	▲	ninalanyon 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		But it is what the title on HN says. Is it too much to expect something like "Insects swarm less at LED lights" if that is more truthful?

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aaron695 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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hnlmorg 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I think it’s to do with the LED flicker. You can sometimes see it in your peripheral vision (ie your light/dark receptors) but your RGB cones aren’t as good at spotting it.

Insects eyes are biologically very different.

With LED lighting, if you have lots of spot lights in the ceiling and and open door, you’ll likely find that the light leaving the house is a bath of reflection from different sources inside the house and that likely cancels out the worst of the flicker.