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29-04-2007, 10:46 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Leigh, Lancashire
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| | | Re: My first moth-trapping session.
You wouldn't believe it!!  The moth trap has been out in the garden for a couple of hours - just since I got in from work gone 9pm . . . its cool, clear, almost full moon and blowing a gale here in Leigh (none of which is ideal for moth trapping) So I go out to bring it in expecting nothing - and thought I'd done well with one flame shoulder - but what do I find at the very bottom? A Gorgeous Beautiful One of My Favourites - Lime Hawk Moth! Oh Wow! Now if that doesn't make me feel better after a couple of days in bed poorly  and a hectic first day back in work today - then nothing will!!!  Whose grinning now?!
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30-04-2007, 04:39 AM
|  | Dame Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: North Kent
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| | | Re: My first moth-trapping session.
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Originally Posted by PMG  You wouldn't believe it!! The moth trap has been out in the garden for a couple of hours - just since I got in from work gone 9pm . . . its cool, clear, almost full moon and blowing a gale here in Leigh (none of which is ideal for moth trapping) So I go out to bring it in expecting nothing - and thought I'd done well with one flame shoulder - but what do I find at the very bottom? A Gorgeous Beautiful One of My Favourites - Lime Hawk Moth! Oh Wow! Now if that doesn't make me feel better after a couple of days in bed poorly and a hectic first day back in work today - then nothing will!!! Whose grinning now?!
Pauline | Nice one Pauline.My intended trap didn't go ahead. Family stuff to deal with. Next Friday for sure!
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30-04-2007, 08:50 PM
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| | | Re: My first moth-trapping session.
I'm waiting for an overcast night and then I will run the trap again. The moon is very bright tonight.
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04-05-2007, 05:30 PM
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| | | Re: My first moth-trapping session.
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Originally Posted by Wild-Woman Nice one Pauline.My intended trap didn't go ahead. Family stuff to deal with. Next Friday for sure! | Ah pity - but you probably haven't missed much yet . . . I tried again last night and got - absolutely nothing at all! Mind you I still haven't got over the Lime yet - its my favourite hawkmoth I do so love sagey greens and beiges together . . .
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04-05-2007, 06:32 PM
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| | | Re: My first moth-trapping session.
I could not understand why I was getting nothing in the trap
My son was turning it off when he came to bed 
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04-05-2007, 07:04 PM
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| | | Re: My first moth-trapping session.
I'm having my first proper go with my new mercury vapour set-up today, it will be interesting to see how the results differ from the actinic bulb. However it's quite windy, so it's not an ideal night for it.
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