Street lights lure moths away from gardens, say scientists

Moths' role as pollinators is disrupted in brightly lit urban areas, finds research

Street lights don't just lure moths, they may be helping to impoverish suburban gardens by causing them to fly too high to pollinate flowers, researchers at Newcastle University report.

It could be at the cost of honeysuckle, ivy, the roadside wildflower white campion, and even buddleia, say the authors of a new study in the journal Global Change Biology.