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You don’t expect to get vast numbers of insects during the winter months but Wang Chin (the Punjen Hideaway) was always good. Everest, however, was not- three moths all night and three thousand hornets. Only got stung once, though. I will add these and others to the galleries. Eventually.
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Beautiful photo set. How do you get all those moths? With some kind of night light? I just ask because I love animal macro and in my island there is not a big variety of insects to photograph, so I was thinking to usze some sort of strong light to catch (and release) some more species. But I don’t know if this practice could be harmful for the insects
Thanks. I use a mercury vapour light, also a blacklight as they attract moths and all sorts of insects. You can also get light traps specially designed for moths- google it and you’ll see a variety. You may not intend to harm the creatures, but inevitably a small number will suffer- some may damage their wings around the light, others can be eaten by different insects attracted.
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