With a group of friends we were looking to set up a light trap to attract moths. A professor of ours and other friends who have already done it suggested using UVB lights, actinic lights, LED or neon, the problem being they all need to be hooked to the car battery or some other power source which we…

I’d encourage everyone to view the other topic on moth traps: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/moth-sheet-portable-power-recommendations/10073 and to add to existing conversations when possible.

Light traps for moths (with limited power sources)

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Light traps for moths (with limited power sources)

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