Thread: Moth catcher

Originally Posted by desana

cool m8 about time hope you do well with it. ive just put a few moth attracting plants in the garden so hope next year there will be a few more diff species visiting the garden.

Cheers just gotta wait for the bulb to come now in the post, couldn't find any locally
Been thinking the same about plants in the garden, this might be helpful for you
Great British Wildlife - See more of your garden moths - Wildlife website dedicated to UK wildlife; where to watch wildlife, guide to UK nature reserves, learn about wildlife, wildlife news and wildlife forum

cheers m8, already got the buddleia,and honeysuckle see how they go lol.

Well the bulb for my skinner trap arrived yest so last night was the 1st time using it, damn glad I made a rain cover for the bulb as we had drizzle last night.
Just counted 16 moths of various sizes in the trap and picked up 5 more from around the outside of it. The larger moths are mostly orange underwings and heart and darts which Gongys seem to like very much.
Went outside a couple of times after dark and there was loads of moths, flies of some sort and several beetles around the trap.

Originally Posted by nymphaea

Would it be worth it to put a moth trap on the second floor, very small terras off my appartment?

They can only come from one direction
and are there allot of critters flying on that height?

Thx.

There is no harm in trying, pretty sure some moths can fly at your height

Originally Posted by nymphaea

Would it be worth it to put a moth trap on the second floor, very small terras off my appartment?

They can only come from one direction
and are there allot of critters flying on that height?

Thx.

you would be surprised how high some insects actually fly im sure you would catch something its worth a try as gurd says ....

Originally Posted by bjorsa

Im trying to get a lightbulb here in sweden for the mothtrap and the only uv-light I can find is a uv-b lightbulb (Exo-Terra Reptiglo UVB-lampa 13 W 2.0 )
Do you think it will work ?
Kindly bjorsa

UV`s apparently just the thing to attract moths (...although I always thought winter starts about now in Sweden lol!)

Originally Posted by andy bailey

UV`s apparently just the thing to attract moths (...although I always thought winter starts about now in Sweden lol!)

in the uk there are certain sp. of moth that are active in the winter i dont know about sweden but good luck anyway's.