Flower-Visiting Moths 
morning have been known to secure many a valuable 
specimen. Many trap lamps have been invented for 
carrying into the country ; but, given ah empty room 
in a country house, a good light, and a large open 
window, almost every night, but especially during 
spring and autumn, many moths will find their way to 
the light and be easily secured. I do not recommend 
burning the light all night; moths fly from dusk till 
an hour or two after dark, and again at dawn; between 
these two periods of activity there is an interval of rest 
for moths as well as for men. 
At dusk many moths visit flowers, and experience 
will dictate how best to net them. The suburban 
garden, if planted with a fair quantity and a good 
succession of certain kinds of flowers, can be made into 
an excellent hunting-ground, Bees visit flowers for 
pollen and honey, moths for honey only. Certain 
flowers that can be entered by bees are inaccessible to 
moths; the former are not daunted by a flower with a 
constricted entrance, but the latter require blooms with 
wide mouths that do not bar the way. The most 
suitable flowers to grow for the attraction of moths are 
the small “ Turn-Cap” or “Turk’s-Cap”’ Lilies, Sweet- 
William, Rose-Bay Willow-Herb (Epilobium angusti- 
folium), Delphiniums, Verbena, Petunias, etc.: these I 
have found very attractive. 
When hunting for flower-visiting moths inthecountry, 
they are most likely to be found about clumps or 
masses of bloom. Ragged-Robin (Lychuis flos-cuculs) 
is almost sure to be visited by many species at sun- 
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