Oh @Sheps you still make me laugh. Those moths better form an orderly queue and line up nicely or there'll be questions asked! 🤣 Good luck with your set up. I look forward to seeing the results.
Imagine my horror if none turn up @plant pauper I'll be garden hopping rounding them up and giving them a full brief of what is expected of them and that queue better be dead straight
Get the jam jars ready. I have 100 pots and filled them all the last two times it went out. . You will also need the companion book, the micro moths, as some of the moths you will catch such as small magpie, and mother of pearl, will drive you crazy looking for them in the macro moth book. They look like macros but are classed as micros. Same with the plume moths (the ones that look like T's you disturb on sunny days in the garden).
It has been so wet round here that people are resorting to gazebos, greenhouses, and even garages with the doors wide open. The moths still seem to find the light.
I have had statutory notification of what they are doing to my Oak. They are just going to vacuum the spent larvae skins and nests off. I have asked for pheromone traps but had no reply to that yet. Thankfully the nuclear option of blitz everything with pesticide is not going to be used, as it would kill everything else in the tree, and doubtful it would affect eggs. We will have to be on our guard next Spring, but I suspect we will get the Forestry Commission lot around then. We are not allowed to move any wood off of the property at all. (bit like Jap Knot weed) . Burn it or leave in situ.
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ID guide and specimen pots are ready to go.
Very excited to see what moths are close by and visiting the garden.
Good luck with your set up. I look forward to seeing the results.
The greenhouse is a great idea too, will give that a try on a damp night.