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Hello Shae,
I used to be a docent at The Hunt and was one of the first Insect
Inspectors (if only for a short time before returning to England and
studying the subject in greater depth at University) So I know how
close to the water you are.
As has been pointed out the Pheromone traps don't tend to drag in
pests from outside, but never underestimate the importance of
catching 'Non-Real Pests' in the blunder traps.
They are a very important indicator of all sorts of situations. The
most obvious is when you collect a lot of wood-lice or silverfish,
indicating a damp problem, Or a lot of spiders perhaps enticed in due
to high levels of flies.
Your large numbers of Dipterans may mean poor window or door seals or
a serious water ingress! They also provide a great source of food
for 'real' pests, but if you are checking (and chucking) traps every
2 weeks hopefully they aren't around long enough to draw attention.
All the best
Heather Thomas
On 3 Jan 2012, at 23:07, Shae wrote:
Hi Tom
Our outdoor lighting at the Hunt Museum is sodium vapour, so we’re
being very good. Even so, our proximity to the Shannon river
results in quite a high number of aquatic flies (mostly Dipterans)
that clutter up our blunder traps but are harmless. Thus my
interest in the pheromone traps, which would attract only real pests.
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