Seeking advice from Salina KS, USA:
I am in desperate need of a UV trap to live-trap and monitor (NOT kill) night-flying moths. Here are the requirements:
-- Has to run off a battery for 12 hrs. Solar-powered preferred, but we can switch out batteries if necessary
-- Has to be weatherproof. As in, does not short out in the rain, in 100-degree F (40 C) weather, and is tolerant of wind and dust
-- Easy to assemble and maintain. I am not an electrician! I know there are plans out there to build your own, but I don't have the skills to successfully weatherproof the system.
I currently have a crappy homemade system in which the parts short out frequently, or when it's working it drains the battery and doesn't run through the night. I tried going with a company who supposedly custom-built such systems, but theirs was underpowered and did not prove to be weatherproof. I know that Gempler's used to make a really sturdy UV trap, but it's no longer being manufactured in the US.
Can anyone please point me in the right direction? Many thanks.
Hello Ebony G Murrell
Many international cheap sites (wish, Ali express )are providing these kind of UV light lamps to trap live night-flying moths. here I have attached a link from where you can get these kind of traps.
https://www.indiamart.com/proddetail/solar-powered-insect-trap-12689274962.html
Good luck
Some insects, such as bark beetles, are attracted to infrared light because they pick out overheated trunks of living trees. There are pitfalls to take advantage of this phenomenon. More information can be provided by Bartłomiej Bednarz https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bartlomiej-Bednarz, the scientist who developed this invention.
Have you checked out this site? https://www.watdon.co.uk/acatalog/mains-operated-moth-traps.html
at least one trap had raincover as far as I could see.
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