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Re: Where are the wax moths in winter?
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allen <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 5 Apr 2013 09:08:51 -0600
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I've been told that the greater wax moth larvae are actually raised for
fish bait in some central states and, as a result some moths escape and
fly around.

Moths can also be blown a long way on the wind.  When we were many
hundreds of miles off the Atlantic coast on a sailboat, songbirds blown
offshore occasionally landed on our boat.  I was told that some had been
blown over from Africa.  The birds were exhausted.

Things like moths travel long distances on the wind.

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