Thank you again for helping me with my entomology class project. Your traps worked and the results were in line with what was expected for the species we targeted. Overall there were some species like Indian Meal Moth and clothing moth that were caught immediately. And then the beetles were trapped but not all the time. They clearly have cycles. If I was testing them for a few years, I would expect a clear pattern but for this limited test (3 months), we found there was one week for species like carpet, cigarette and drugstore to be actively seeking a mate. We don’t know exactly what this means other than seasonal patterns, kind a like deer or most all birds, but there does seem to be cycles. Moths on the other hand seem to be ready to all the time! I can share the results by sending a copy of my paper, just let me know a good mailing address. Thanks again and i’ll be sure to recommend your business to anyone needing help with pest issues in urban environments 🙂
Glad we could help! And for sure we’d like a copy. Look for address details to be emailed later today.
We have long known about moths and how active they will be all year long. And we also know beetles tend to be active every 1-3 months. Carpet are more active in the spring, summer and fall but hide can be looking to mate even in the winter. Drugstore and cigarette are more regular, like once a quarter. These results are all loosely based on results from our warehouse, food prep and storage facility customers who use traps to monitor local activity. We have seen some variance depending on what region they’re in but what we seem to notice is that temps do not play a major role. It seems to be more about the calendar. Maybe it’s moon phases actually. But we know they can go months without catching anything – even if they have contaminated deliveries – but then all of a sudden there can be a flurry of males that get caught all at once.
Let us know if you do any more tests, we’d love to hear about the patterns you’re finding.
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