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<blockquote data-quote="Alastair" data-source="post: 12367" data-attributes="member: 13"><p>Interesting thing about that, when I was in Leeston, (just south of Christchurch), we had plenty of lesser wax moths, but no greater ones at all, I think the winter temperatures were too low for them to survive.</p><p></p><p>But here in Auckland I see some lesser wax moths, but the majority of them are the big ones. Which will even eat into your boxes to make a space to pupate.</p><p></p><p>Whether it's true or not I don't know, never personally did the experiment. But I read that freezing will not necessarily kill lesser wax moths. A temperature down to minus 5 will not kill them, they recommended a temperature lower than minus 8. That was just something I read in a magazine so don't know how reliable, but I have heard people say they froze their stuff but still had wax moths survive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alastair, post: 12367, member: 13"] Interesting thing about that, when I was in Leeston, (just south of Christchurch), we had plenty of lesser wax moths, but no greater ones at all, I think the winter temperatures were too low for them to survive. But here in Auckland I see some lesser wax moths, but the majority of them are the big ones. Which will even eat into your boxes to make a space to pupate. Whether it's true or not I don't know, never personally did the experiment. But I read that freezing will not necessarily kill lesser wax moths. A temperature down to minus 5 will not kill them, they recommended a temperature lower than minus 8. That was just something I read in a magazine so don't know how reliable, but I have heard people say they froze their stuff but still had wax moths survive. [/QUOTE]
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