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New Moth Trap at last! (1 Viewer)

sbooder

sbooder

an english birder in france
Hi All,
I have not been on the forum for such a long time, ever since we moved to France really.

But anyway, I digress. I have finally gotten round to building a new Moth Trap.

I am just waiting to order the Actinic electrics kit from Paul but still deciding on whether to go for the standard metal ballast or the electronic ballast kit?

And should I go for the standard blue actinic 368nm or the green 368/540nm?

Any thoughts on the this please?
 

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Nice!

After trying with a little plastic box, I also builded a new moth trap!

Since a week I use a 365nm insect atracting bulb (before that, just another ordinary power saving lamp). The combination of new trap and bulb gave me much more moths inside the trap!
 

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sbooder said:
Hi All,
I have not been on the forum for such a long time, ever since we moved to France really.

But anyway, I digress. I have finally gotten round to building a new Moth Trap.

I am just waiting to order the Actinic electrics kit from Paul but still deciding on whether to go for the standard metal ballast or the electronic ballast kit?

And should I go for the standard blue actinic 368nm or the green 368/540nm?

Any thoughts on the this please?
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