Attraction of moths to light

[Dr. James Adams]

On July 18, 1997, Tish Silberbauer wrote:

> On 17 Jul 1997 22:56:32 -0500, lday at iquest.net wrote:
> 
> >>And that is:  though many species of moths are attracted to
> >>light, certainly not all species of moths are attracted to light.
> >
> >Meaning then that those species of moth would make awfully
> >interesting controls for a study on light attraction.
> >
> >Oh well!  In a parallel universe.
> >
> Damn, if only we could catch them, but they won't fly to light!

This reminds me -- don't forget there are other ways to "skin a cat". 
(BTW, anyone know the origin of that saying?)  Many moths that don't 
come readily to light will come to other attractants (pheromones, 
fruit/beer bait, carcass bait, etc.  Sounds like a major project to 
me!!

   
> David R. Britton & Tish Silberbauer
> Wollongong, Australia
> email:xadeb at magna.com.au
> Dave's work email: davidb at uow.edu.au

James K. Adams
Dalton College, Dalton, Georgia
email:  jadams at carpet.dalton.peachnet.edu