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Post by vabrou on Jan 10, 2016 7:32:56 GMT -8
My wife has been a partner and an integral component to my daily entomological research, both in the forefront of accompanying me on fieldtrips and an inordinate list of behind the scenes activities, e.g. she has blended thousands of pounds of apples, pears, peaches bananas, etc., with beer and sugar. She routinely would have grocery baskets filled with cases of beer, hundred pounds of sugar and cases of fruit. When she would be asked what was she buying all that beer, etc., she would tell people she was having a party. I have many picture of us in forested areas light trapping at night. Even my daughter as a youngster, would help me count the thousands of spread specimens in the collection storage. Here are two photos of my wife light trapping with me in the National Forest here back in 2003 and 2004.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2016 8:12:49 GMT -8
Vernon......having such a wife is awesome. That also keeps you two doing things together.....great. My wife is wonderful, but in a different way.......while she doesn't care to 'bug', she does encourage and allow me to get out to collect, use a spare bedroom for rearing, and even spots a few she thinks might interest me while gardening. Having a supportive wife in any capacity is indeed a blessing. I think many of our wives output there deserve recognition and appreciation for their support and understanding. I'm also aware that Tom P.'s wife is a blessing to him and his hobby as she even collects w him or us often.
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Post by vabrou on Jan 10, 2016 9:05:08 GMT -8
Yes Bill, you, Tom and many others are very lucky to be in this situation with supportive spouses. My wife has no great investigative interest in these activities, but she is completely supportive and participates in every behind the scenes tasks need to do this, picking up supplies, packages, and equipment He helps me in some manner when I run my 10+ traps every day of the year. And she is always interested in seeing and occasionally captures specimens for me on her own. If Charlotte wasn't supportive of my activities we wouldn't have remained married for nearly 41 years. We had long discussions about my life's unusual round the clock daily activities before our marriage. Here is a publication, one of several that she co-authored with me, e.g., both the first and second portions of our unprecedented 30-years Louisiana sphingid study. Here is the first part: www.academia.edu/232102/Distribution_and_Phenologies_of_Louisiana_Sphingidae And by the way, my earlier two wives were not supportive, which apparently why they are -- earlier two wives.
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Post by entoman on Apr 23, 2017 10:35:11 GMT -8
Does anyone know whether or not high pressure sodium bulbs are good for night collecting? The box of the bulb in question has a warning about UV exposure so I was wondering how say a 250watt hps bulb would compare with a 175watt mv bulb?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2017 12:59:06 GMT -8
The sodium bulbs I've looked into are way too warm (2000 to 4000 degrees Kelvin). Thus, most are used for parking lots etc and insect attraction is very low. As I understand it, these are designed not to attract as many insects. Drive by a lot w sodium bulbs.....giving off a yellowish golden color and then drive by a MV lit area. You are sure to see way more insects w the MV bulbs.
I'm currently beginning my year with a new bulb......a MH Ultra Sun 400watt bulb which is 10,000 Kelvin. This is giving off light in the area of the spectrum most desired by insects. MV bulbs r good (6700 k) and I use them with my Plantmax MH (7100 k). This new bulb is 30% more into the uv end of the spectrum...blue....nearer to where non visible uv light is that so draws the insects. I've used this bulb very early this spring, so it's too soon to see if it does great or not. I'm going out each of the next three nights even though it's still very early. So far, I'm impressed and I'll report back later in the season after some more testing.
Unless I'm missing something, I say, respectfully, stay away from/ don't use sodium bulbs for collecting.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2017 5:55:32 GMT -8
Well, the 10,000k bulb is doing great so far. Last night I blacklighted for my first northern IL spring luna and scored. I think I was trying too late ( in May) and missed the flights in past years.. When I quit at midnight, it was 46 degrees. I am really thinking this bulb is THE ticket for me. Link to the bulb I'm now using w fine success early in the season is below. It puts out 32,000 lumens at 10,000k and much of this is high output UV light. The 10,000k is much more in the UV part of the spectrum than even BL flourescent bulbs. It ends up being a light that accomplishes the usual 6700k MV set up w BL bulbs on the sheets in one single bulb. I may even venture into the 20,000k bulbs like this after using this one this season. Just my thoughts....I know a few out there here will frown on this. No problem....to each his own.....and I'm not trying step on other's opinions, but merely sharing my facts and results. I'm merely a retired biology teacher who has researched this lighting stuff quite extensively. www.1000bulbs.com/product/89453/SUN-901542.htmlNote the spectrum layout for this bulb.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2017 17:18:23 GMT -8
I'm starting to wonder if I should rethink my aversion to using any light rig that requires a ballast.
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Post by beetlehorn on Apr 24, 2017 18:33:02 GMT -8
I once had this aversion as well. All I can say now is.....I wish I had started using this earlier! I have a 400 watt and a 250 watt setup. I also use a 2000 watt Honda generator, and have an 850 Generac as a backup. The nice thing about the Honda is that it has a 12 volt charging system with cables to recharge batteries. This would have come in very handy one night a few years ago when I was stranded some 10 miles out in the middle of nowhere Alabama with a dead truck battery. I had to hike some 7 miles in the darkness until I came upon a sheriff's patrol that helped me out. I'll never forget that night, neither will my wife and grandson that waited for me back in the truck,(in total darkness).
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