Luna Moths and habitat

[Michael Gochfeld]

The "conventional wisdom" I've heard repeated often in the past is that 
Luna Moths and many other species have gotten scarce because of light 
pollution intfering with behavior patterns or luring them to death.  It 
certainly is scarce in central New Jersey, although occasionally we 
attract it to lights.  Have others heard this?  I must say that it's 
easy to forget how much we miss a really dark night sky here in the 
megalopolis.  I didn't realize that I haven't seen the Milky Way for 
years until we were camping out in northern Tanzania last month.  It's 
enough to make you believe in light pollution.

Mike Gochfeld