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TEN SURE PLACES TO FIND BUGS
FALLEN TREES, STONES & BOARDS g AT FLOWERS
TREES & TREE STUMPS g PONDS & STREAMS g PLANTS g CARS g WINDOWS
PORCH LIGHTS g ANIMALS g LEAVES & DUFF
FALLEN TREES, STONES AND BOARDS cover darkling beetles, ground beetles,
earwigs, carpenter ants - many kinds of insects may be found this way. Leave the
area the way you found it so that you can visit and find insects next time.
Give special attention to FLOWERS. Insects
spend lots of time feeding or hiding there. Be
careful not to break hurt the flowers or plants.
TREES AND TREE STUMPS are home to longhorn
beetles, buprestids and many other kinds of wood
infesting insects.
Use an aquarium net at PONDS AND STREAMS
to collect water striders, mosquito larvae, water
boatmen, backswimmers and aquatic beetles.
PLANTS are visited by many different insects.
Learn your plants and visit or sweep as many
different species as possible.
Check your CAR BUMPER AND WINDSHIELDS,
especially on long trips. Stop every so often to
record where specimens met their demise.
WINDOWS on the sunny side of buildings are a
good place to find many kinds of insects that are
trapped indoors, especially in spring and summer.
Look for insects coming to OUTDOOR LIGHTS.
Lanterns work great, too. Look for moths,
lacewings and wasps.
MAMMALS AND BIRDS - Almost every species
has its own species of lice or fleas. Would your
pet or animal miss a few?
Spread DUFF, LEAVES AND DECAYED WOOD
on a white cloth. Look for earwigs, small beetles,
and both larvae and pupae many kinds.
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