The ancients said, "Take pity on the moth, and do not light the lantern." The light attracts insects far from the places they stay, and causes them to spawn in places without food; a number of species of large moths in Taiwan have disappeared in this way.
古人說「憐蛾不點燈」，燈光往往引誘昆蟲遠離棲地，使卵孵化在沒有食物之處，台灣許多大型的蛾類即因此消減。