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Insects Don’t Swarm at LED Lights
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where I live, there is enough insects that even LEDs get swarmmed, sure way less than other light types, but with enough insects in the area it will still attract enough to be labeled as a swarm
there is a specific insect, native to where I live, that seasonally appears in the hundreds during their mating season and swarm literally every outdoor light possible
sounds like the cicadas.
we also those here but the ones I am talking about arent them, but we also seem to have cicadas like every year, some years there way more, and it is not like the other years are just erractic one offs, there are still plenty those, just not littering the entire hike trail path level
Mayflys/shadflys. No mouth parts, just...fun until they die.