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Any advice on this one appreciated.

Although I have run traps in other locations before this is the first year I have set one up in my back garden. The trap is not collecting any moths. I have seen two in there but both escaped before opening time.

I have not yet tried MV bulbs but seem to have tried everything else, again I have not had problems with this at other locations. I have used acitinic, halogen from 10w right up to 500w, a liquid fueled lantern and even in desperation ordinary domestic including flourescent.

The trap is however always full of lacewings, crane-flys and assorted ufo's.

While out checking the trap there are always plenty of moths flapping around the garden including in the buddliea, the flower corner and dancing around against the house windows. Every night I have to collect, ID then evict moths from inside the house.

I have noticed that when I turn the light on and walk from the shed to the trap that a mini cloud of crane-flys, lace wings and midgies has already gathered. Would these deter the moths ?

I have also only been running the trap for about 3-4 hours due to frequent overnight rain and dont want to wake up to a papier-mache and moth nightmare.