Well that was certainly a fascinating discussion about atmospheric dynamics. I think I'm exhausted on that one, not sure I can add anything more. I'd like to have a better understanding of these kind of things, this is why I want to study environmental science.

Also, natural science...

Last night I was ranting with friends on facebook after I updated my status to...

Good. It's raining. I hope all the moths are drowning.
This sparked a discussion about the "intelligence" of moths, and their method of navigation. I know this isn't physics, but I wondered if you had any thoughts. I mean I'm just doing my talking shit thing here where I'm not actually fact checking anything, instead just basically rehashing stuff I've read or saw in a documentary maybe years ago.

The moon thing is kind of an urban myth. They're not actually trying to fly to the moon, they just use the moon to navigate. All they are trying to do is fly in a straight line. The moon would help them do this, because it remains fixed in its positon as you travel. If the moon remains at 3 o'clock, it's flying in a straight line. To a stupid moth with very poor eyesight, they confuse lights with the moon. Lights don't remain fixed in the sky, because they're not hundreds of thousands of miles away. They're meters away. It doesn't take long to pass it, unlike the moon, which would take centuries at moth pace. But instead of thinking "holy shit I'm going fast if that's the moon", they adjust their flight to "fix" the position of the "moon". "There, it's back at 3 o'clock, it must be the moon after all". So all the time the stupid twats are spiralling into fire and death, they think they're flying in a straight line towards bitches for a fuckfest. Do they serve a purpose? I think bats eat them. I guess that's a good thing. Bats are cool.
Would you say this is an accurate interpretation of moth navigation?

Also, I think the spider that is sitting upside down on my ceiling is dead. It hasn't moved for a day. How is it still attached to the ceiling if it's dead?