I am buying a blacklight that I am going to put in my backyard at night and take out to the desert ro get queens any suggestions for strong rechargeable blacklights for catching queens?
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, Jan 16 2017 11:44 AM
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Posted January 16 2017 - 11:44 AM
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Posted January 16 2017 - 11:49 AM
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How about this http://www.blackligh...acklights2.html
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Posted January 16 2017 - 2:09 PM
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How about this http://www.blackligh...acklights2.html
Good exept it uses batteries and a want a rechargeable
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Posted January 16 2017 - 4:23 PM
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Could always just get rechargable batteries. 
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Posted January 16 2017 - 4:25 PM
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You need something you can run off your car battery. Bioquip sells such a light but they are pricey. You could probably make one far cheaper.
http://bioquip.com/S...2900&prodtype=1
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Posted January 16 2017 - 4:30 PM
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Do you have any particular design for the UV trap?
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Posted January 16 2017 - 5:05 PM
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I just hang a sheet and the light off the side of my car.
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Posted January 16 2017 - 6:31 PM
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I'm thinking to use one to try my luck with camponotus around May.
I want to go to the local wooded areas and walk for a while looking on some old and broken trees on the day and setting the black light on the afternoon on my backyard... there are a lot of big old trees on my neighborhood and even a small park that looks like jungle-forest so maybe I will get something interesting!!!
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Posted January 16 2017 - 9:55 PM
Best to just go to Walmart and pickup one of their cheap 4' fixtures and one or two of their 4' black light bulbs. Then just get a little cigarette lighter inverter. You could even grab a cheap white sheet while you're there too. That's all I use.
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Posted March 8 2017 - 7:42 AM
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Best to just go to Walmart and pickup one of their cheap 4' fixtures and one or two of their 4' black light bulbs. Then just get a little cigarette lighter inverter. You could even grab a cheap white sheet while you're there too. That's all I use.
Drew, what do you mean when you say 4' fixture? I can't find it.
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Posted March 8 2017 - 3:27 PM
4-foot long fluorescent bulb fixture. Probably the most common out there.
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