Welcome back! It's a pleasure to have your posts here again✍🏻😍📕 / I don't know much about moths, but I had an idea! It might be possible to paint a color on them with a tiny brush, something tiny that can only be seen with a magnifying glass, and that way, see the recurrence of an individual.
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Thank you!
Its been a while... and I'm a little out of practice!
Interesting you say that about the paint dots... I only trap once a week at most, so don't expect to see the same individuals returning. But, I do know people who trap nearly every night in high summer, and there have been studies marking moths. The usual way is actually a small felt tip, or highlighter pen to mark a dor on the abdomen, and most of the results show there is very little evidence that the same individuals return several nights in a row.
Thanks for stopping by, and I'll be trying to do these reports more frequently this year :-)