As soon as the bulb turns off, the flies move toward his mobile device and the boy continues leading them away from the front porch of a house.
Ever felt annoyed by the buzzing of a fly or mosquito around you while standing beneath a light source in the dark? It is quite common to catch a glimpse of a massive flock of bugs and insects following an erratic path around street lamps. But this young boy has found a desi jugaad to help you get rid of the problem. A video of his technique has gone viral on X, leaving social media users to burst out in laughter. “Bro used 150% of his brain,” reads the inline caption of the hilarious video that begins with the young boy holding his mobile torch in front of bugs swarming around a tube light.
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As soon as the bulb turns off, the flies move toward his mobile device and the boy continues leading them away from the front porch of a house. He only puts off his mobile torch in front of a street light pole. This changes the insects’ direction to the pole light, thereby freeing them from the annoying buzzing sounds.
Take a look at the video here:
With over four lakh views, the clip has left X users dropping rib-trickling responses in the reply section. While some called him, “Newton Boy,” a user joked, “Nasa is looking for him.” A person joined the bandwagon, “I have to say, Elon Musk is overrated.”
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Another used a hilarious wordplay, “Lead me to light.”
Meanwhile, a user commented, “He is living in the 5th dimension.”
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Then there were those with practical responses, some said he could have just turned the bulb off to change the bugs’ direction, and many also called it an old trick. “Bro completely wasted his time, he should have just turned off the light so that the flies would naturally gather at the nearby pole light,” wrote one.
Another expressed, “This hidden talent should be hidden.”
Why do bugs gather around light?
Although there’s no fixed answer to the question, experts have come up with several theories for the common phenomenon. One suggests that artificial light ruins the sense of direction of bugs. It is believed that insects follow natural light sources like the sun or the moon to navigate. Hence, when they see illuminated bulbs or porch lights they seemingly mistake them for the sun or moon and begin to swarm around the source in the dark.
