We'll be getting a free skinner moth trap soon. Basic one with no lights.
I know fitting a light will be best and I will a few months down the line, but in order to demonstrate to the kids, could I use a number of UV glowsticks we have in the first instance?
Not ideal, I know, but they're good glowsticks - very bright and glow well for 8 hours or so.
I asked here as the moth place I found on Lemmy wasn't active.
GreyShuck - 1mon
I guess that you might attract some - but it is going to depend where you are as much as the light source. I'm in the UK, for example, and wouldn't get a lot of moths right now as we are well into autumn.
However, even with glowsticks, I'd expect that you will find something - just not a lot.
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Diddlydee @feddit.uk - 1mon
I'm in the UK too and I definitely see plenty of moths still. Not as many as summer, but there's plenty of moths more suited to colder weather.
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blackbrook @mander.xyz - 1mon
Here in the northeast united States, I see a lot of little ones on the forest even into early winter.
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Moth trap
We'll be getting a free skinner moth trap soon. Basic one with no lights.
I know fitting a light will be best and I will a few months down the line, but in order to demonstrate to the kids, could I use a number of UV glowsticks we have in the first instance?
Not ideal, I know, but they're good glowsticks - very bright and glow well for 8 hours or so.
I asked here as the moth place I found on Lemmy wasn't active.
I guess that you might attract some - but it is going to depend where you are as much as the light source. I'm in the UK, for example, and wouldn't get a lot of moths right now as we are well into autumn.
However, even with glowsticks, I'd expect that you will find something - just not a lot.
I'm in the UK too and I definitely see plenty of moths still. Not as many as summer, but there's plenty of moths more suited to colder weather.
Here in the northeast united States, I see a lot of little ones on the forest even into early winter.