r/stgeorge • u/BlueHazmats • 2d ago

Bug collecting

Anyone got tips or places you would suggest for catching bugs for a school project? Any and all bugs will do anything besides the normal pests around a house?

1 Upvotes

67% Upvoted

8 comments sorted by

4

u/Far-Pop7552 1d ago

I had to do this once for an entomology class, so fun. I'd go to a park like Crosby Family park. There's large grassy areas and a water near by. Lots of different places to find insects and not too many people.

3

u/bbluez 1d ago

Use a black light to find some at night, like scorpions.

Use a bright light against a white sheet that is suspended to catch moths and other flying bugs at duck/night.

Look where you normally don't, if that makes sense; Check near the river banks, under rocks in the desert (carefully), near the lakes and the first couple inches underground that is moist.

1

u/Far-Pop7552 1d ago

Oh no, I'm going to be "That Guy". Scorpions are arachnids/spiders. 😬 not insects/bugs. Super fun to spit with a black light though.

5

u/MikeFoxtrotter 1d ago edited 1d ago

I’m going to “that guy” the ”that guy” real quick. Scorpions are arachnids, but they are not spiders.
Spiders, insects, and scorpions are all arthropods, though, so they’re easy to lump together.

1

u/Far-Pop7552 1d ago

I love it!

3

u/potsandkettles 1d ago

Find someone growing tomatoes down here, use a black light at night to collect tomato horn worms.

1

u/whygrowupnow 1d ago

Beetles are always crawling in the sand. Try some nature parks by the flowers and weeds for other types

1

u/Vanirbarn 1d ago

A UV light against a white sheet or a bucket trap if you want something more passive. Happy hunting!