this post was submitted on 10 Aug 2026
32 points (92.1% liked)

science

28584 readers
779 users here now

A community to post scientific articles, news, and civil discussion.

dart board;; science bs

rule #1: be kind

lemmy.world rules

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
32
Summer mothing (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by MeatPilot@sh.itjust.works to c/science@lemmy.world
 

First customer, we just got set up.

top 11 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] comador@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Pair that white light with an ultraviolet (UV) blue next time as you'll attract far more varieties of moths that way.

[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 1 points 2 weeks ago

Basic mechanism..?

[–] Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] MeatPilot@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Attracting moths to see what species are around.

[–] Quibblekrust@thelemmy.club 7 points 2 weeks ago

And? What species are around?

[–] daggermoon@piefed.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Please do update! I quite like moths.

[–] BussyGyatt@feddit.org 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Big_Boss_77@fedinsfw.app 4 points 2 weeks ago

... why does this sound like a Dire Straights song title?

[–] titty_wizard@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago
[–] solrize@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

I remember that moth. I saw it at my podiatrist's office.

[–] miseducator@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

So, we're done with beans andcorn and we're going back to moths again?