would a uv money checker attract moths?

[whaleomeloette]

Originally Posted by Miss Caretaker

Don't you love the Posties?! I bought a wire muzzle for my dog last week and to get it through the letterbox our lovely postie flattened it. I still can't get it back to the right shape... Your letterbox looks like ours when I forgot to close the stair gate and the dog tried to kill the post!
I hope the UV light works, I've almost finished building my trap and can't wait to give it a go at the weekend, weather permitting.

what trap design you making?
im going for a robinson/heath
i need money though

makes you wonder sometimes doesnt it? i mean yeah they dont want to carry them back to the office (or in a perfect world, they are being nice and saying you the trip to the post depo) but really... they are distroying what is inside!
my dog is a miniture breed, he couldnt even reach the letterbox lol lol!

you should of heard him this morning though, hes *tiny* but he decided to do his hilarious very loud ''intruder alert'' bark at EVERYONE going past me when we were walking this morning, wouldnt mind but it was 5.30 and people are still in bed

[whaleomeloette]

all i need is 15 quid for a 20l bucket with a lid and a funnel haha but im that poor. i have no money spare this week
i get 80 a week, phonebill was 40, food 25, 15 for dog smeet and animal food
(dog's meat but if you say it fast it sounds like dog smeet, which i find hilarious)

[Miss Caretaker]

I'm using the plans from atropos moth trap which is realy easy to make. I'm skint too so I've used the back of an old bookcase and some old firework rocket sticks (knew they'd come in handy for something!) to make the box itself (it's not exactly brilliant but it's square-ish and hasn't fallen apart yet!). I already had a piece of perspex and I'm using an old aquarium light so it's not cost a penny so far.

My dogs are a bit bigger than yours, one is on my avatar, so when thay bark it's a bit louder and we've had complaints from the postmen, hence the stairgat to keep them away! £15 a week for dog food? My two eat Skinners Field and Trial dried food; £30 for a bag that lasts both of them over a month!

[whaleomeloette]

Originally Posted by Miss Caretaker

£15 a week for dog food? My two eat Skinners Field and Trial dried food; £30 for a bag that lasts both of them over a month!

i say dog food, but it was an all rounder this week, chinchilla food, rabbit food, cat and dog food.. and the dog has to have wainrights because hes a pedigree and therefore fussy! haha no not really. normal food makes him vomit all the time otherwise

[Miss Caretaker]

Ah, so you have a zoo! One of my dogs has colitis and can only eat one type of food too otherwise he starts pooing blood.

[whaleomeloette]

got the quote for my acrylic mirror vanes and my rain guards
mirror vanes = 78p before vat
rain guard = 14.53 before vat
i had custom holes drilled in the guard which is why its 14.53
i use Plastic Online Ltd | Online Shop
cant recommend them enough.
ill let you know how mirror vanes go; although i have no actual basis for comparison
there are loads of micro moths in the house atm so! yeah ill test it on them

[yukonite]

Originally Posted by stigofthedump

I use this company as well Jim, they are great to deal with. That is the very LED I'm looking into using, have a heat sink and battery pack already.
Must admit WO's idea of using water butts is tempting....just use some black-out paint on the outside??

Vince

hi im new on here and to moth trapping.
iv a skinner mv 80w that i use in my back garden.
so far iv only attracted 15 species with no big catches (apart from l y underwing).
so im making a portable to try in afew better places iv just ordered a portable regargable uv lamp that also takes 4x D batts.
i like the look of the water container diy trap i was thinking of making a safari ish
type out of net a curtain and wire hoops.
il let you know if it works.

[whaleomeloette]

what uv lamp did you use, did it work?
im still trying to get this project off the ground but it cash thats the problem.