Digital advertising, sky scrapers with lights on all night long and garden lights are more than just a drain on our electrical grid, they are seriously affecting the tiny little critters that need the night.  No, not vampires but beetles, possums, turtles, birds, spiders and moths.  

Make darkness your new best friend.

_{Host: Torah Kacur}

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_References:

_{http://physics.fau.edu/observatory/lightpol-Insects.html}

_{http://www.buglife.org.uk/Resources/Buglife/Impact%20of%20artificial%20light%20on%20invertebrates_docx.pdf}

_{http://news.discovery.com/animals/bugs-streetlights-120522.html}