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Are insects attracted to light bulb?

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Are insects attracted to light bulb?

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Place a light bulb on an extension cord about ten feet from a building. After dark, turn the light on and leave it burning for about one hour. Collect and mount 10 different insects you find around this light bulb at night. Compare them with the insects you collect during the daytime. Do this on four different dates, such as in May, June, July and August. Identify and label these insects according to Order. Did you find the same kinds of insects in the daytime as you did at night around the light bulb? When did you collect the most colorful insects, in the daytime or at night? Did you find different kinds of insects during the different months?6. Are insects attracted to colored light bulbs? Place red, blue, yellow and white light bulbs on extension cords about 10 feet from a building. Each bulb should be about 25 feet from another bulb. After dark, turn the lights on for about one hour. Collect and mount the different insects you find around each light bulb. Be sure to keep a record o

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