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Low-Cost Automated Flight Intercept Trap for the Temporal Sub-Sampling of Flying Insects Attracted to Artificial Light at Night
Kylie A. Robert 1, Alicia M. Dimovski 1, Joel A. Robert 2, Stephen R. Griffiths 1
1Department of Ecology, Environment and Evolution, La Trobe University, 2Independent researcher

To study the impacts of artificial light at night (ALAN) on nocturnal flying insects, sampling needs to be confined to nighttime. The protocol describes a low-cost automated flight intercept trap that allows researchers to sample at user-defined periods with increased replication.

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