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I put the moth trap out last night and had a few visitors ...............

Chestnut Oak Beauty The Satellite

Of course !!! It all comes back to me ....... Greg's regular pix of nightly haul of moffs.

A good selection there Greg for the time of year.

Which are the ones that munch your woollies?

nuthatch wrote:Which are the ones that munch your woollies?

None of them !

The bad guys are the larvae of two types of insects: clothes moths and carpet beetles. Moths can't bite, eat or sting, they just suck nectar.

So stop swatting them !!!!!!!!!!!

I knew it was the larvae

Swatting moths I don't swat anything

Last nights trap, jut one moff .............

Common Quaker.

Do you release them in the same place and do you see where they go?

I just wondered if they always flew off in the same direction but maybe they just still lie there in the open trap for a while ... but what if it's chucking it down with rain ... I expect you leave them somewhere sheltered

I leave them somewhere sheltered and where the birds can't get! They soon learn where to get a free meal, so you have to be cunning .