Maybe I should just try turning on one of the lights around the house and see what I attract. My butterfly and moth books describe how you can hang a white sheet up and illuminate it with a lantern or whatever and see what is attracted to it. Maybe I could get me a female to lay eggs and then torment my boss at the museum! FYI, moths aren't really "attracted" to light. They orient themselves by the light of the moon and our electric lights confuse them. Kind of like sea turtles trying to find the ocean. For those who don't live in coastal areas...baby sea turtles also use the reflection of the moon off the water to know which way to head into the sea. Electric lights confuse them, as well. Luckily, there's been a campaign for many years now to get people in those million dollar homes right on the beach (who are begging for a hurricane to hit them) to turn off their outside lights and try to keep the house dark. (Turtles hatch at night.) And they've been pretty cooperative about it.« Return to the thread "June 2015 Butterflies, Moths & Larva"
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