submitted 1 month ago by Diddlydee@feddit.uk to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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.

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[-] GreyShuck@feddit.uk 5 points 1 month ago

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.

[-] Diddlydee@feddit.uk 3 points 1 month ago

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.

[-] blackbrook@mander.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

Here in the northeast united States, I see a lot of little ones on the forest even into early winter.

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