Reuben O'Connell-Booth

Zoology PhD candidate, uni of Cambridge - insect conservation, counterfactual methods & agri-environment schemes. Also into moths. Email: [email protected]

[Reuben O'Connell-Booth @rocb_ento]

Interested in #moth trapping?

Ever wondered why different bulbs collect different species?

Or why some species are particularly threatened by light pollution?

Using 100,000+ samples from the GMS (@gardenmoths), our new pre-print addresses these questions and more (thread)

[Reuben O'Connell-Booth @rocb_ento]

Paper here (open access): https://t.co/UnWnsJsYBe

[Reuben O'Connell-Booth @rocb_ento]

Interested in #moth trapping?

Wondering which trap to use? Or if different bulbs collect different species?

Using 100,000 samples from @GardenMoths, our new paper looks at these questions and more! Link below
#mothsmatter #teammoth

[Reuben O'Connell-Booth @rocb_ento]

@scarpermac @GardenMoths I have just made one! @rocb-ento.bsky.social

[Reuben O'Connell-Booth @rocb_ento]

Interested in #moth trapping?

Ever wondered why different bulbs collect different species?

Or why some species are particularly threatened by light pollution?

Using 100,000+ samples from the GMS (@gardenmoths), our new pre-print addresses these questions and more (thread)

[Reuben O'Connell-Booth @rocb_ento]

@Photography_A_J @GardenMoths Yeah quite right Andy - that's just what we suspected too. The 15W bulbs also tend to be placed in Skinner traps which could make a contribution as well.

[Reuben O'Connell-Booth @rocb_ento]

@dgcountryside @GardenMoths Cheers Dave, thanks again for sharing!

[Reuben O'Connell-Booth @rocb_ento]

@dgcountryside @GardenMoths Hmm, maybe because twitter is shortening the link?Does this work, with the (dot) replaced with a " . " ?

https://ecoevorxiv(dot)org/repository/view/8079/

[Reuben O'Connell-Booth @rocb_ento]

@dgcountryside @GardenMoths Hi Dave, thanks so much for sharing this on! You could link to the pre-print? (https://t.co/VjjVQbv9cc) I'm also just putting together a summary for the GMS newsletter, which I can send over to you if that's of interest?

[dave grundy🇪🇺😷 @dgcountryside]

@rocb_ento @GardenMoths ps and why not consider giving the garden moth scheme a try if you trap regularly in your garden. Such a great scheme and an unsung hero of working with moth data for science!

[Reuben O'Connell-Booth @rocb_ento]

(reminder: this is a pre-print, so not yet peer-reviewed!)

[Reuben O'Connell-Booth @rocb_ento]

We also find that the bulb you use strongly affects which species you tend to catch.

The take away is that MV traps produce very different samples to Actinic ones. And brighter Actinic traps tended to collect more large species than dimmer ones.

[Reuben O'Connell-Booth @rocb_ento]

Massive thanks to all those who contributed to the Garden Moth Scheme over the years - you make work like this possible.

I don't go on twitter often (but I know a lot of moth trappers do!) if you'd like to get in touch, drop me an email! [email protected]

[Reuben O'Connell-Booth @rocb_ento]

We first modeled the effect of bulb type on catch. As one would expect, 125W Mercury Vapor bulbs collected the largest samples. But much less powerful 15W Actinic traps performed surprisingly well.

[Reuben O'Connell-Booth @rocb_ento]

Firstly, big thanks to all of the Garden Moth Scheme trappers, who made this work possible! And massive thanks to my supervisors @BillKunin and @katatrepsis.

You can read the pre-print here:
https://t.co/VjjVQbv9cc

Summary below -

[Reuben O'Connell-Booth @rocb_ento]

@boringdystopian could be. give it a go!

[Reuben O'Connell-Booth @rocb_ento]

same plant a year on. top leaves are all new
secret to keeping these alive i think is an outer pot filled with water!

[Reuben O'Connell-Booth @rocb_ento]

Avocado in january sun this morning