Thank you so much for this thread, I was thinking about making one myself! I have found some caterpillers but never the adult moths - even with putting the cloths near where the caterpillers (Io, tulip tree silk, and more!) were seen! We usually do after dark, until couple hours after true dark. I get LOTS of moths, but never a saturniidae…I want to see one so badly. We usually set it not too far from our campfire though, so if other lights are distracting maybe I need to set it further away. We don’t have the campfire blazing though, and there is no other light anywhere near. Both reg and UV we set out. The moonless night is a great clue, and the humidty (although every night in the south is humid!). Thanks for the tips!
NoGenAI
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