I enjoy finding and photographing moths and other insects that I find. I know that I might attract more bugs, and at the same time maybe a larger variety of them too, using UV lights. I’m worried about if UV lighting for moths can end up hurting them. Could the UV lighting disrupt mating patterns or…

[image] wolfram06: Would attracting and concentrating lots of bugs into one place will make them easy targets for predators? I know this is a problem in tropical areas of the USA with invasive geckos

In my case I don’t live in a tropical area. But there’s still a threat posed by birds and bats, as well as by some other insects and arachnids.

I actually have already read that post.

Issues like this are often a matter of scale. Are you setting up a gigantic UV light panel that is on at all times every night, all night, or are you occasionally shining a UV light onto a small piece of white fabric for an hour or two a few times a month? The answer as to the impact and ethics of…

My take on this is that such lights should probably be used: sparingly, like don’t turn your property into a black light rave party all night, but just set up a small station with supervision, so don’t just leave it up indefinitely inconsistently, or only barely consistently enough as needed for s…

[image] earthknight: occasionally shining a UV light onto a small piece of white fabric for an hour or two a few times a month? Thats more like what I would do.

I was going to give my thoughts, but they have been pretty well covered here and in the older post – not sure what you’re asking that wasn’t already covered in the older post?

Personally I only use the trap once a week and I make sure to turn the light off around 1-2am to allow the moths to disperse and still have some time to do moth stuff. Running it over night and checking it in the morning can reveal some moths that I’d have missed otherwise though. I’ve noticed that …

I’m in Australia and I live in the bush, but not all that far from a few towns. I light trap regularly and sometimes I will do successive nights. However, I may then go weeks without doing another session. I have turned up new species, species that have not been seen in over 100 years, etc. I think …

Is it ethical to attract moths using ultraviolet light?

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Is it ethical to attract moths using ultraviolet light?

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