the methods of catching beetles

[timoinsects]

there're different ways to catch beetles.
light trap is a common used way when night.but what did you do in day time in forest etc.? if you want to catch more lucanidae/cetonidae/cerambycidae/buprestidae etc. except by observing and finding them. what other good methods you use?like:set some special traps? attaching some pictures with introducing would be appreciated.

i know the ways of catching Carabus,set underground traps by burialing cups filled with some food like beers etc. and colour plate to attract some buprestidae.
etc.
have you ever used any special traps that works effectivlly?

NOT all the bugs were attracted by light at night. so the day catching or other good ways of catching is necessary.

[prillbug2]

I use concentrated sugar water traps for some Cerambycidae. Also, shiny metallic objects bring in other species. Take various woods and cover them with tangle trap and hang them in the woods. You can also cover it with sugar water, or honey, which may attract various beetles. For Carabidae, use pitfall traps filled with either snail or squid extract, or you can use meat, or simply allow the cup to fill up with decaying insects or other carrion which may attract other insects that feed on carrion, and that may include Silphidae, Scarabaeidea, and Staphylinidae, including Cicindelinae.
All of this has been treated in earlier forums under Coleoptera.
Jeff Prill

[timoinsects]

Thanks Jeff!
pitfall traps filled with either snail or squid extract,decaying insects or other carrion is a news for me,this summer i did not setted any traps for some facts,did not prepared before i left.i will try it next summer.

[groundbeetle]

bananas strange but ground beetles love bananas