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<title>By: Mark Nowers</title>
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<dc:creator>Mark Nowers</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2012 19:34:45 +0000</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[ Very interesting, but I assume that there weren't that many moths flying that night! ]]>
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<![CDATA[ <p>Very interesting, but I assume that there weren’t that many moths flying that night!</p>
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<title>By: keith</title>
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<dc:creator>keith</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 15:53:06 +0000</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[ I'm just calculating how much it costs me per moth per season!!! ]]>
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<![CDATA[ <p>I’m just calculating how much it costs me per moth per season!!!</p>
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<title>By: Brian</title>
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<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 14:59:53 +0000</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[ As my garden has other properties nearby overlooking it, I tend not to run the 125MV all night so as not to upset the neighbours. So I run the 125 up to about midnight, switch it off and run the 40w actinic (sometimes 2 on good nights) for the rest of the night. On these longer nights such as we are having now, there are usually more moths in the actinic by dawn (if the temperature holds up) than I get in the 125 between dusk and midnight .
So using Tony’s calculation table – if I run 3 traps at different times of the night, at the moment it costs about 15p! ]]>
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<![CDATA[ <p>As my garden has other properties nearby overlooking it, I tend not to run the 125MV all night so as not to upset the neighbours. So I run the 125 up to about midnight, switch it off and run the 40w actinic (sometimes 2 on good nights) for the rest of the night. On these longer nights such as we are having now, there are usually more moths in the actinic by dawn (if the temperature holds up) than I get in the 125 between dusk and midnight .<br />
So using Tony’s calculation table – if I run 3 traps at different times of the night, at the moment it costs about 15p!</p>
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<title>By: Tony Prichard</title>
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<dc:creator>Tony Prichard</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 13:16:10 +0000</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[ The last line was a throw-away comment - not to be taken too seriously. Experience shows that you do get different moths attracted to the different types of light so worth running both types if you have them. It would be interesting to list those species that you have had in the MV and not had in the actinic to contrast with those in the actinic and not in the MV. Some actinic traps do attract fewer moths than MV so the odd interesting species that turns up may well stand out more in the memory. ]]>
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<![CDATA[ <p>The last line was a throw-away comment – not to be taken too seriously. Experience shows that you do get different moths attracted to the different types of light so worth running both types if you have them. It would be interesting to list those species that you have had in the MV and not had in the actinic to contrast with those in the actinic and not in the MV. Some actinic traps do attract fewer moths than MV so the odd interesting species that turns up may well stand out more in the memory.</p>
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<title>By: Raymond Watson</title>
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<dc:creator>Raymond Watson</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 12:26:37 +0000</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[ Jersey Tiger was in the actinic too. ]]>
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<![CDATA[ <p>Jersey Tiger was in the actinic too.</p>
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<title>By: Raymond Watson</title>
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<dc:creator>Raymond Watson</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 11:12:23 +0000</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[ I've been running a 125 mv Robinson and a twin actinic Skinner most of this year. Whilst there are more moths in total in the mv the species are very different. Some are much more numerous in the actinic and the actinic has usually been the one to turn up the unusual ones like Great Brocade, Convulvulus Hawk and Vestal. So the actinic is definately worth running. ]]>
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<![CDATA[ <p>I’ve been running a 125 mv Robinson and a twin actinic Skinner most of this year. Whilst there are more moths in total in the mv the species are very different. Some are much more numerous in the actinic and the actinic has usually been the one to turn up the unusual ones like Great Brocade, Convulvulus Hawk and Vestal. So the actinic is definately worth running.</p>
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