Insect baits

It's too late to fly already. Now at night, mostly afags fly (if at all). Better light. And even better - spring-summer.

I'll tell you more about my trap story. The last attempt was in the last days of August. This time I wrung out the sponge better, so that over time it did not enter the brew and no one was drowned. Apparently overdid it - by the time of removal (after two days), the sponge was completely dry and almost did not smell (although when I hung it up it smelled very good). As a result, there were no cars inside. But a strip of scotch tape, which the structure was attached to the tree trunk, made a small hair removal squirrel.
And the mash, the remains of which are preserved in the jar, has not lost its smell so far, now drosophila breeds on it for food to mantis larvae.

I don't seem to be getting the last few baits."

Perhaps the fact is that there are a lot of fruits and rosehips right now. That is, there is a lot of competition for bait. All the butterflies are already full.

Perhaps the fact is that there are a lot of fruits and rosehips right now. That is, there is a lot of competition for bait. All the butterflies are already full.

And I thought that if there are not enough flowers, then more should fly to the bait.
Do they also eat rosehip? You can try to make it out of it.

I don't know about the Crimea, but in Donetsk there are many times more fruits in the summer than now. If the dog rose really steers, then the most effective way to catch it seems to me in a hike at night with a flashlight to its large thickets.

Brrrr...
And what about flowers and rose hips to late moth, which are mostly now flying in our area? You need to collect rosehip and drink it all winter, so as not to get sick, and yes, you need to collect a rose, a rose, And butterflies are now flying just into the light without any baits and I think they will fly again in December.

Brrrr...
And what about flowers and rose hips to late moth, which are mostly now flying in our area? You need to collect rosehip and drink it all winter, so as not to get sick, and yes, you need to collect a rose, a rose, And butterflies are now flying just into the light without any baits and I think they will fly again in December.
What wasps eat

So also late scoops WELL like there is.

Wasps get stung - well, I'm glad I did someone good.

Well, I think that both scoops and moths do not eat now, so if you catch at night, then just in the light..

Well, I think that both scoops and moths do not eat now, so if you catch at night, then just in the light..

Or just wander around and look for wingless female moths .

Perhaps the fact is that there are a lot of fruits and rosehips right now. That is, there is a lot of competition for bait. All the butterflies are already full.

In our region, there is no longer any competition (by day). On November 3, I walked around and found nothing but two caterpillars, Euthrix potatoria and Hyphoraia aulica. I put on a brew, but nothing came. I will return to the old fishing method: search for food plants and tree trunks with the desired species!

Or just wander around

Wander around instead of brazhka? )) Find kstti hard females, I only 2-3 videl

Wander around instead of brazhka? )) Finding claws is hard for females, I've only seen 2-3 of them

is it easier to find autumn females? than spring, it is easier to find a female Erannis defoliaria!

Since I saw spring once or twice (I don't remember exactly how long ago it was), I even seemed to determine the type, although I forgot the type. And there are no autumn ones. By the way, we now have some slender males flying massively during the day, go with a net and catch as much as you want. True, they are all of the same species, apparently. And there are no other butterflies at all. Scoops are not only an offering, they also happen in winter. That's how straight the snow lies, -3 on the thermometer, and it arrives at night and starts beating in the window. Here, apart from aphagia, I don't see any options. I doubt that the brew will help.

By the way, we now have some slender males flying massively during the day, go with a net and catch as much as you want. True, they are all of the same species, apparently.

Most likely we are talking about them: Operophtera brumata/fagata

I wonder if the females (wingless) peck at the brew or not ?

Are they going to crawl down to it on foot? I doubt it very much. In my opinion, in these females, life is limited only to waiting for the male, mating and laying eggs. Do they even have a fully developed oral system?

I flipped through all 9 pages.. Everyone is mainly interested in butterflies and beetles. Well, really, they are beautiful
What traps can be made for solitary bees, other stalk-bellied ones? Also sweet what?

Polistes need a lot and in one place)

What for?

Polistes need a lot and in one place)

Don't you like animals?

Good time to all!
A couple of days ago, I found the body of a cichrus stolen by Formica Rufa in our forest. There was an idea to try to collect cichruses in traps. Maybe someone has had the experience of collecting this particular group, do they have any special preferences in bait, or can you use the same thing as on carabiners?

Before finding cichrus, I put a couple of glasses on the sample, used frozen feed crickets and pieces of crab sticks as bait. During a couple of warm days, four dozen Carabus regalis and Carabus aeruginosus, a couple of dozen Silpha carinata and one male Carabus schoenherri were found. No cichruses were found.

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As an option-to push the snails, I just got into the vinegar well

As an option-to press the snails, I just got into the vinegar well

Thanks! I also thought about snails, and I'll try vinegar. Then I'll unsubscribe based on the results.

There is a suggestion to just walk in that place at night with a flashlight.

Cichruses go well with standard vinegar, no worse than sauces.

can I use the same thing as on the carabiner?

+1 Anthrenus. Of course, Cichruses perfectly go into ordinary soil traps. In addition, they are the closest relatives of the Karabuses. So, everything should be without problems.
P. S. Cichrus is not Ceryuchus. With Tseryuchos, everything is much more complicated!

In general, according to the results. I put four glasses, three with vinegar and one with crushed snails and slugs, in different parts of the forest. In the lower, wetter area, near a large puddle, and in the upper, drier area. During the two warm nights, about seventy or eighty carabuses attacked, and about four dozen different kinds of beetles. A third of the beetles that didn't manage to drown were released. Unfortunately, the result for cichruses was zero Out of the pleasant, I got another male shonkheri, three regalis, quite rare for our places of color forms (the photo out of focus better reflects the real color of beetles), a weevil Brachysomus echinatus, I had never seen such a thing before.

P.S. If anyone is interested in banals from Novosibirsk, I will give you a mattress with carabuses completely free of charge

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Good evening
I don't know on the topic Does
Carabus coriaceus fall into soil traps with vinegar and other baits?

Good evening
I don't know on the topic Does
Carabus coriaceus fall into soil traps with vinegar and other baits?

It comes across vinegar, but its maximum activity is late July-august

Has anyone ever put glasses of vinegar on ground beetles in the Crimea?
And what is the result?

Has anyone ever put glasses of vinegar on ground beetles in the Crimea?
And what is the result?

I put it at the beginning of summer for one night, the Kerch Peninsula, "general's beaches", the result was zero, although walking at night with a flashlight there were plenty of ground beetles running around. Maybe I just didn't choose the right place

Back in May, I put it on Mangup with wine, the same story, at night there were a lot of carabuses running around in the light of a lantern, but in a glass 0.

I wonder why this is so?

I wonder why this is so?

Thousands of reasons. Poor choice of biotope or season, weather conditions (such as drought). If the carabid does not fall at all, or say they are caught in quantity manually with a flashlight, but they are not caught in glasses - incorrect installation of glasses or incorrect filling (pour 10% vinegar in a layer of 3-5cm, you will not be mistaken). For many non-mass species, when choosing the right biotope, but not in the season of their maximum activity, the most common reason for failure is a short installation time and a small number of glasses, as well as too low a liquid level during infrequent inspection (dry out), or vice versa, too high or small glasses (overflow, become littered, and beetles leave).
In fact, karabus in the Crimea, as elsewhere, are well caught in glasses, and all the species that are there, if you choose the right biotope and season. But if the Gyllenhaal falls by the dozens overnight, the scabroses are less plentiful . Put it right, be patient, combine it with night excursions with a good picnic (best of all on a powerful T6 LED), put it additionally in those stations where you find it. Everything will work out for you.

The result of vinegar fishing in traps in the Crimea(two left rows)
What was written above

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The result of vinegar fishing in traps in the Crimea(two left rows)
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This is only half of the result. Catchability is usually estimated in ex/10 trap-days. If you put 20 glasses in one station for 7 days (140 catch*days), and in another 15 glasses for 5 days (75 catch * days) , and in the first station you caught 14 gyllenhaals, and in the second 5, then the catch rate will be 1.0 and 0.67 ekz/10 catch*days, respectively, and this can be compared if the distance between the glasses (at least 10 m, preferably 20 m), their size and filling were approximately the same (although it is not customary to fill glasses with vinegar and other baits for population estimates, which is debatable). If you put 3-5 glasses for 3 days, and there is nothing to talk about, pampering is one thing, although it will do for the collection.
So I don't understand, are you happy? If not, put it somewhere else in the oaks on the YBK and wait for the rains, Gyllenhaal will fall in other quantities.

This is only half of the result. Catchability is usually estimated in ex/10 trap-days. If you put 20 glasses in one station for 7 days (140 catch*days), and in another 15 glasses for 5 days (75 catch * days) , and in the first station you caught 14 gyllenhaals, and in the second 5, then the catch rate will be 1.0 and 0.67 ekz/10 catch*days, respectively, and this can be compared if the distance between the glasses (at least 10 m, preferably 20 m), their size and filling were approximately the same (although it is not customary to fill glasses with vinegar and other baits for population estimates, which is debatable). If you put 3-5 glasses for 3 days, and there is nothing to talk about, pampering is one thing, although it will do for the collection.
So I don't understand, are you happy? If not, put it somewhere else in the oaks on the YBK and wait for the rains, Gyllenhaal will fall in other quantities.

For me, this is certainly not a straight wow result
It is now very dry, and the traps that all the carabuses fell into were only in one oak forest, and even then 7 pieces in just one place with a distance of 15-20 meters
In other places were still standing, but there was no result. The remaining rows are beetles pulled out of a dried-up reservoir (concrete tank)

Just with places I didn't guess most likely and there is now really insanely dry was

Now it is very fashionable to install automatic video cameras that turn on from the motion sensor. In our case, it will be possible to find out in detail who pulls out the cups and how. I'm afraid, though, that the camera will be stolen faster

Agree

Does anyone in our area already bait night scales? Two days ago I forgot an open jar of fermented pear jam in a birch tree. And today I knocked out of it a bunch of trash covered shovels the size of N. pronuba .

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Advise who knows and uses, fixator for beetles in crown traps