Cheap moth trap may make citizen science projects more affordable

Cheap moth trap may make citizen science projects more affordable East Lansing MI (SPX) Mar 31, 2016 - Researchers from Michigan State University believe they have invented a better - or at least a cheaper - version of the proverbial mouse trap. Except instead of a mouse trap, it's a moth trap. The new device is described in the Journal of Insect Science. Traditional light traps used by entomologists for sampling, known as mercury vapor black light traps (MVTs), can be expensive and difficu ... more

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