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<title>By: Brian</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2016 20:29:20 +0000</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[ Mine are designed for easy transport, quick set-up and quick dismantling, but sometimes you get caught out by an unexpected deluge. When there are 5 of them spread out 50 to 100 yards apart, no matter how quick you are – you get wet! ]]>
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<![CDATA[ <p>Mine are designed for easy transport, quick set-up and quick dismantling, but sometimes you get caught out by an unexpected deluge. When there are 5 of them spread out 50 to 100 yards apart, no matter how quick you are – you get wet!</p>
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<title>By: Raymond Watson</title>
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<dc:creator>Raymond Watson</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2016 07:24:05 +0000</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[ I keep feeling sorry for those who report that rain had stopped trapping. I guess if it is a skinner trap which is easy to pack away and transport then it is difficult to stop rain getting in but it should be possible with most Robinson type traps. I have designed my own Robinson type traps. They are not very easy to shift around though. I use a wheelbarrow when I am not at home. I have designed them not to let the rain in. They are always run with a large transparent rain cover with vanes. The only times they have got wet is when it has blown a gale to blow off the top (sometimes includes the bulb) and when stupidly I had unnecessarily drilled drain holes and placed it in a wheelbarrow. The wheelbarrow filled up and went in through the drain holes. I get good catches when it rains. I think commercial traps constructors should reconsider design to prevent rain ingress. ]]>
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<![CDATA[ <p>I keep feeling sorry for those who report that rain had stopped trapping. I guess if it is a skinner trap which is easy to pack away and transport then it is difficult to stop rain getting in but it should be possible with most Robinson type traps. I have designed my own Robinson type traps. They are not very easy to shift around though. I use a wheelbarrow when I am not at home. I have designed them not to let the rain in. They are always run with a large transparent rain cover with vanes. The only times they have got wet is when it has blown a gale to blow off the top (sometimes includes the bulb) and when stupidly I had unnecessarily drilled drain holes and placed it in a wheelbarrow. The wheelbarrow filled up and went in through the drain holes. I get good catches when it rains. I think commercial traps constructors should reconsider design to prevent rain ingress.</p>
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<title>By: Brian</title>
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<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2016 22:15:06 +0000</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[ I took my traps to one of my woodland sites on the 10th on what looked like a promising night. About 10.45 a deluge suddenly set in and everything got soaked including me and although the rain stopped 20 minutes later it was impossible to carry on. I spent the following day drying out all the equipment. The first soaking of he year. ]]>
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<![CDATA[ <p>I took my traps to one of my woodland sites on the 10th on what looked like a promising night. About 10.45 a deluge suddenly set in and everything got soaked including me and although the rain stopped 20 minutes later it was impossible to carry on. I spent the following day drying out all the equipment. The first soaking of he year.</p>
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<title>By: paulb</title>
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<dc:creator>paulb</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2016 12:52:59 +0000</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[ I ran the trap last night hoping for that a strobilella might stray my way but no luck. Best moth was a Scorched Carpet. ]]>
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<![CDATA[ <p>I ran the trap last night hoping for that a strobilella might stray my way but no luck. Best moth was a Scorched Carpet.</p>
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<title>By: Raymond Watson</title>
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<dc:creator>Raymond Watson</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2016 06:45:49 +0000</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[ Ran the traps on both 10th and 11th but need to take a break now. 10th turned up another Cydia strobilella and also a small Agonopterix that was new to me: Agonopterix curvipunctosa. It was rather worn with the characteristic mark only left on one wing so a dissection proved the species as the markings were not so clear. Anyone else seen C. strobilella? There seems to have been a lot come into the country. ]]>
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<![CDATA[ <p>Ran the traps on both 10th and 11th but need to take a break now. 10th turned up another Cydia strobilella and also a small Agonopterix that was new to me: Agonopterix curvipunctosa. It was rather worn with the characteristic mark only left on one wing so a dissection proved the species as the markings were not so clear. Anyone else seen C. strobilella? There seems to have been a lot come into the country.</p>
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<title>By: keith</title>
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<dc:creator>keith</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2016 09:49:54 +0000</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[ Some great moths, Raymond. At last the season is well and truly on the way. ]]>
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<![CDATA[ <p>Some great moths, Raymond. At last the season is well and truly on the way.</p>
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