I used to believe that the reason you never saw moths during the day was because they were all flying towards the sun. Then, when they couldn't make it all the way there and it got dark, they would see the lights of the houses and fly back down.
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies

others believed things like this
- i used to think that moths were travelling to different worlds when they circled the lights— Amanda
- I used to believe that moths circled lights at night trying to find a way out of the world!— Diane D.
- My Nana told me that moths lay eggs in your hair. I still hate moths to this day.— Paula
- I used to believe that moths were a species of bats that only ate the tag on the inside of your shirt— Bob the Baby
- I used to think that since caterpillars become butterflies, earth worms must become moths.— Moth Man
- i used to think that eating carrots would make your eyes glow in the dark— nik