trapping bugs?

Question

My brother is doing a project and he has to catch bugs. Hes caught an ant, moth, beetle, grasshopper, mosquito and a horsefly. And he need around 2-3 more. Where could he look to get some or how to catch some? besides looking outside that is :) any help would be nice

Answer 1

Get a butterfly net or some sort of light weight jar or box that has a separate lid. Wait until night and turn on the outside light. Stand away from the house and wait and low and behold, the light area will fill up with bugs. You can catch them all buy being quick with the jar and lid or taking a quick sweep with the net and taking it directly to the house side to keep the bug in it until you can put them in a jar. Another way to catch crawling bugs is to use a pure while cloth like a hankerchief. It must be white because for some reason the bugs are attracted to that bright color. Place it in the garden or in the low cut grass where you know you have seen bugs in the daytime and shine a flash light right onto the cloth. Sometimes you have to wait quite some time but bugs will crawl onto the cloth. Another way to catch bugs that like moisture is to wet the mulsh or grass and put a good sized board or rock onto it. Do that in the evening and in the morning when it is light out, quickly turn the rock or board over and you can find rolly poly's and centipedes and eerwicks under the rocks. Also, in the heat of the day, you can find Japanese Beetles all over the sides of light colored houses on the side where the sun is on the house usually between 1 and 5 pm. And if you dig in any mulch around a garden or decoration around a house, you will find a good amount of just any kind of bug.

Answer 2

Call your local parks and recreation. They can usually be much help on where to find and how to catch anything. Talk to a park ranger or someone like that at you local wildlife area (lake or woods trails). Also they have bug catchers for kids (very effective) at walmart.com . Hope this helps a little. Also look under wood or concrete blocks for woodlouse (rolly pollies) . Not dangerous and lots of fun. He should find a ton.

Answer 3

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