Super-fluffy brindled beauty moth from my first moth trap of the year! Finally the winds died down enough to put the shelter up and get the moth trap on.
Moth trapping is a non-lethal, friendly way to meet, record, and release your local moth pals. Here's some info if you'd like to know more...
This is my moth trap. It's a Skinner trap with actinic bulb, came as a flat pack kit from AngLeps, & was the best birthday gift EVER! Link: https://www.angleps.com/shop-all/moth-traps
The trap is basically a big box filled with cardboard egg trays. Those 2 transparent top flaps form a kinda chute & there's a UV bulb suspended above the box.
Moths are caught by the light (explanation at the links below) & hang out flying for while.
The moths drop down the chute into the box when they're done, say 'fuck this, I'm knackered' & go to sleep in the egg trays.
In the morning some asshat (me) wakes them up before it's even dark again (sorry moths) to count, record, & release them - away from the trap & any waiting hungry birds! Because hoo boy, birds work out where the trap and its tasty moth residents are and they loiter. Gotta let the moths out in different places, or put the trays back in the trap and release the moths at dusk.
I only put the trap on alternate nights. That's because when moths are in the trap, they're not doing other super-important things like:
- Pollinating ur plants
- Travelling to meet other moths
- Making baby moths
So I don't want to trap the same moths repeatedly, & try to give them a break.
Moth trapping does mean getting up early.You need to check the trap while the moths are still cold and sleepy in their trays. Otherwise they flap off before you can count and record them. They warm up fast!
More cute moth pics after...
Useful links
An article about how moths fly perpendicular to light and get caught by it, rather than flying towards it or being attracted to it. Full disclosure: I illustrated it, and it was my favourite commission ever: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-insects-are-lured-to-lights-in-the-night/
Article explaining the research about how moths fly around artificial lights: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/251217/flying-insects-become-disorientated-trapped-artificial/
My zine about moths being captured by light, from a mothy point of view: https://lycomorpha.etsy.com/uk/listing/4369930997/more-messages-from-the-moth-promotional
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I spent a couple extra days with Love's Labour's Lost because I was enjoying it so much. Everyone in it enjoys speaking, and they all do it very entertainingly. The lords and ladies have their thing going on, but I was really into the clowns. And there are so many clowns, too! Costard, Armado, Mote (which is how Oxford spells Moth), the pedant, the curate, Dull...
In Act V, everything comes to a head and there's a scene with all the clowns, then all the lords and ladies, then absolutely everybody, and then the whole play stops unsatisfyingly. It's weird, but as the plot is barely there to begin with, I don't mind that much.
I wanted to see this play performed, and I went with this 1965 BBC version:
My main takeaway is that it's interesting that Armado's long, ridiculous speeches actually get delivered by multiple characters. First the King reads Armado's letter about Costard, and then later the Queen reads Armado's letter to Jaquenetta.
Also, it is reassuring that we, the audience, are presumably not expected to follow all of the nonsense spewed by some of these people. Just sit back and enjoy the sound of the words when the curate and the pedant are blathering on.
Oh, and my favorite character was Mote. He gets off some really good lines.
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The moth trap this morning would tell me it’s May even if I didn’t already know. Heart and darts, loads of treble lines, yellow-barred brindles, pale mottled willow, and assorted pugs