Night Collecting

[ArachnoCrazy]

here are some pics from when I went night collecting.

[ArachnoCrazy]

some more pics

[Widowman10]

what kind of bulb did you use?

[ArachnoCrazy]

I use a 175 watt mercury vapor light, but for some reason it was not working so I hooked up a 400 watt metal halide light.

[ArachnoCrazy]

I went out again were are some more pics.

[loxoscelesfear]

some good bug action there, UV blacklights work wonders as well

[ArachnoCrazy]

Yep I have a uv black light that I made into a trap. It hooks up to a car battery and I can just leave it for a night out in a woods. It works wonders.

[loxoscelesfear]

i have the car battery contraption as well, i love running lights but to this day i have had my best luck driving around and hitting dusk to dawn lights. if i could, i'd run a couple dozen black lights and drape an entire woods w/ sheets .
pitfall traps are productive and checking road kill is always a riot too

[ArachnoCrazy]

For some reason I never have any luck with pit fall traps. I set it up with a container in the center and 4 boards that run to the container to funnel any insect coming by into the container. I then place a board over the top and weigh it down with a rock. I will also try different baits too, but even that has showed no results. How do you set up your pit fall traps?

[ArachnoCrazy]

A pic of my uv light trap.

[Feathers]

Nice uv trap - brings back fond memories. I used to sugar trees late afternoon in a path that was a .5 to 1 hour walk. It produced some pretty good results, too. I also had a tent affair over my light so I wouldn't fry incoming buggys.

[loxoscelesfear]

i set pitfalls flush up against logs. bait them w/ a bit of spoiled chicken or dont bait them @ all i have tried sugar mixes etc but that attracts a lot of ants

[ArachnoCrazy]

I never thought of putting it right next to a log. That is a good idea and I will have to try it next time I set up a pitfall trap.

[ArachnoCrazy]

Has anyone ever used the beetle trap where you set up a screen mesh somewhere and then line the bottom of the net with pans. The clumsy beetle is supose to fly into the net and fall into the pans of liquid. I made one, but I have not tested it out yet.

Also has anyone ever made any underwater traps because I would like to try and make one.

Jeremy

[loxoscelesfear]

minnow traps will do the job for underwater traps big water scavenger beetles and the occasional toe biter often show up in those - but check frequently or leave partially exposed to avoid drowning snakes and frogs.