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Post by cabintom on May 16, 2014 9:08:23 GMT -8
I've seen them mentioned here and there, but how does one go about setting up a pitfall trap? I'd like to get more into collecting beetles, but I don't even know where start... other than occasionally and randomly spotting them while hunting leps.
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Post by exoticimports on May 16, 2014 12:14:27 GMT -8
Take a metal coffee can and pierce the bottom for a drain hole. Bury it up to the rim. Check it daily to see what falls into it.
If you want to use bait for scarabs, dangle dung (human dung works well) over it.
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Post by cabintom on May 17, 2014 10:10:22 GMT -8
Take a metal coffee can and pierce the bottom for a drain hole. Bury it up to the rim. Check it daily to see what falls into it. If you want to use bait for scarabs, dangle dung (human dung works well) over it. Any tips on location? Or am I just burying it anywhere? Also, how do you go about setting up the bait? Sorry, I'm fairly clueless... Tom
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Post by prillbug4 on May 17, 2014 14:57:28 GMT -8
I usually use cups and boil squid and snails in water and use the juice from it. A lot of times I wait for rodents to fall into the traps and then they die, and the rotting carcasses attract other beetles and insects. The other way is to use sugar water and hang the trap in the trees, but the traps have to be bigger. I sometimes find Cerambycidae and other beetles in them as well as moths and butterflies. Jeff Prill
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Post by cabintom on May 18, 2014 10:25:49 GMT -8
So, if I'm going somewhere just for a couple of days, should I even bother? Or are these types of traps more of a long term investment?
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