Photo of moths at mercury vapor showing "contrails" ???<div><br></div><div><a href="http://bit.ly/M7KgD0">http://bit.ly/M7KgD0</a><br clear="all"><br><div>Mike Quinn, Austin<br>________________<br>Texas Entomology<br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 3:08 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:BPatter789@aol.com" target="_blank">BPatter789@aol.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>Dear Jim,</div>
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<div>I do not know if this will post to the list serve. If it does not,
please feel free to re-post it there.</div>
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<div>In July of 2010 (about the 9th) my wife and I spent a couple of nights at
Manchester, Tennessee. I think we stayed at the Sleep Inn at 84 Relco
Drive. The rear of that hotel faces a Quality Inn at 2314 Hillsboro
Blvd. At the edge of the Quality Inn parking lot is a pole rising about
20-30 feet at the top of which is a 3-sided enclosure holding 1-2 extremely
large lamps, probably mercury vapor but possibly another type. The light
from this structure illuminates the large parking lot and the side of the
Quality Inn.</div>
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<div>We observed many dozens of moths flying back and forth through what I
presume to have been an electrically charged or ionized atmosphere that might
have extended 5-10 meters in front of and to the sides of the lamp(s). The
flight path of each moth looked like a streak of bright light (nearly white or
off-white) and, with so many moths being present, gave the impression of a
burst of fireworks. These "contrails" were, I presume, the result of
the collision of "charged particles" brought about by moth flight roiling the
atmosphere.</div>
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<div>I don't believe that any moths flew into the lamp enclosure or nearer
than 2-3 feet of it. I examined the parking lot near the pole and found no
evidence of killed moths. There was no bat activity that we
observed. I did not think to take photographs.</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
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</font></span><div><font lang="0" face="Arial"><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">Bob
Patterson<br>12601 Buckingham Drive<br>Bowie, Maryland 20715<br><a href="tel:%28301%29%20-%20262-2459" value="+13012622459" target="_blank">(301) - 262-2459</a>
pm. hours<br><a href="http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/Plates.shtml" target="_blank">Moth Photographers
Group Website</a><br><a href="http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/Files1/Live/BP/BPsite/identified.shtml" target="_blank">My
Personal Moths Website</a></font></span><div><div class="h5"><br>
<div> </div><div><blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT:blue 2px solid;PADDING-LEFT:5px;MARGIN-LEFT:5px"><font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent" color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><u>-----Original
Message-----<br>From:
<a href="mailto:leps-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">leps-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu</a><br>[mailto:<a href="mailto:leps-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">leps-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu</a>] On
Behalf Of Shane Adams<br>Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2012 1:37 AM<br>To:
<a href="mailto:leps-l@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">leps-l@mailman.yale.edu</a><br>Subject: [Leps-l] luminescent moth<br><br>On june
13 2012 ~ 2Am about an hour north of Hinton Alberta, I seen
what<br>appeared to be luminescent moths.<br>They would fly into a high watt
halogen light then come out glowing like hot<br>embers. Even when they went
behind the light tower they glowed. About the<br>size of a 25 cent coin.
This would last about five seconds then it would<br>fade, and they would fly
back to the light and come out glowing again. There<br>where moths on the side
of the building that where flat white ish with<br>triangular wigs but I don't
know if these where the same ones that where<br>glowing. Is there such a
things a luminescent moth? What did I
see?<br><br><br></u></font></blockquote></div></div></div></font></div></font></div></blockquote></div></div>