MV shy species (Was: Nemoria splendidaria back in the US)

[jim taylor]

Peter:

I run my black light about a foot from the sheet. I also have a monster sodium vapor, which I hang a couple of feet in front of the sheet when I use it. Should be interesting to see how others are doing.

Jim Taylor


From: Peter Van Zandt 
Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 2:45 PM
To: leps-l at lists.yale.edu 
Subject: MV shy species (Was: Nemoria splendidaria back in the US)


These are great suggestions, especially for a newbie like me.  I'm curious if one would get the same benefit from either:
1) running a black light on another sheet some distance (10 feet?) away, or
2) using a black light on the opposite side of the sheet from the MV light.
Thanks for any feedback,

Pete Van Zandt
Birmingham-Southern College
Birmingham, AL

> Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 22:36:01 -0700
> From: jbwalsh at u.arizona.edu
> To: entomike at gmail.com
> CC: LEPS-L at lists.yale.edu; TILS-moth-rah at yahoogroups.com; SoWestLep at yahoogroups.com; john.palting at ventana.roche.com; rnagle at email.arizona.edu
> Subject: Re: Nemoria splendidaria back in the US
> 
> Quoting Mike Quinn <entomike at gmail.com>:
> 
> > Bruce,
> >
> > You might wanna try an ol' beetle collectors trick (taught to me by Ed
> > Riley).
> >
> > After a while, turn off your mercury vapor light and run a 2 foot black
> > light bulb. The merc often overpowers the bugs, so to speak, keeping them at
> > a distance. The small blacklight allows the bugs to reach your sheet...
> >
> 
> 
> Mike:
> 
> Excellent suggestion, as this is exactly what I do. Basically, the amount of
> stuff on the sheet doubles right after!
> 
> 
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