<title>Comments on: Portable LED light – the future of moth hunting in remote areas?</title>
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<title>By: Raymond Watson</title>
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<![CDATA[ Link to research paper https://doi.org/10.3897/nl.40.11887 ]]>
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<![CDATA[ <p>Link to research paper <a href="https://doi.org/10.3897/nl.40.11887" rel="nofollow">https://doi.org/10.3897/nl.40.11887</a></p>
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<title>By: Raymond Watson</title>
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<dc:creator>Raymond Watson</dc:creator>
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<![CDATA[ There was a paper on the trials of this during its development that was shown on a moths facebook page by Les Evans-Hill. I can't remember which Facebook page, sorry. Whilst the image shows lots of moths, the paper shows results that are a far cry from the numbers caught by a 125W MV light. This is a start though. It seems it is basically all about the wavelength but not as simple as finding a particular wavelength. Moths of different species see different wavelengths and have at least 3 different receptors detecting different wavelengths. LEDs emit a narrow wavelength band of light. Thus this developed light brings several colours together. This is a start but there is a long way to go. I have been experimenting. With a single colour 'cool white' LED it attracted good numbers of Flounced Rustic and Pyrausta despicata plus flies and bugs but little else. I then tried something described as 'full spectrum' That gave a light in which the human eye could detect 4 colours. It was totally ineffective despite being very bright. There is a lot of research needed! ]]>
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<![CDATA[ <p>There was a paper on the trials of this during its development that was shown on a moths facebook page by Les Evans-Hill. I can’t remember which Facebook page, sorry. Whilst the image shows lots of moths, the paper shows results that are a far cry from the numbers caught by a 125W MV light. This is a start though. It seems it is basically all about the wavelength but not as simple as finding a particular wavelength. Moths of different species see different wavelengths and have at least 3 different receptors detecting different wavelengths. LEDs emit a narrow wavelength band of light. Thus this developed light brings several colours together. This is a start but there is a long way to go. I have been experimenting. With a single colour ‘cool white’ LED it attracted good numbers of Flounced Rustic and Pyrausta despicata plus flies and bugs but little else. I then tried something described as ‘full spectrum’ That gave a light in which the human eye could detect 4 colours. It was totally ineffective despite being very bright. There is a lot of research needed!</p>
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