Dr. Neil Thompson (UMFK/CFRU) explains how this spruce budworm pheromone trap automatically counts the number of moths caught each day. Sent to us by our friends at Natural Resources Canada, these traps are placed in two locations in northern Maine, Stockholm and New Canada.
Want to see how the population of adult moths are looking this summer? This website (link provided below) also managed by Natural Resources Canada provides daily reports of how many moths are caught by the trap.
https://sbw-automatic-traps-season-2021.blogspot.com/
Music provided by pesky mosquitoes.