For the last year I’ve been recording all the taxa found on Salisbury Plain. I’ve been very successful with my moth trap (140+ species now), and I spend a lot of the summer holidays visually searching for new flora and fauna out on my long rambles. I’ve clocked up nearly 500 different species this y…

There are many types of trap that will get you beetles. Malaise traps intercept flying insects in huge numbers. Cheaper interception traps of a sheet of netting hung vertically with trays of water underneath can do well in the right place. You can hang baited vane traps made from plastic bottles. Pi…

Basic pitfall traps (solo cups set in the ground with dishsoap in water) will catch a good number of ground species. You can attract some species with a bit of alcohol (ie, pour out a little for them while enjoying the rest in your camp chair) - this is good for bark beetles.

[image] cthawley: dishsoap in water That’s only if you intend to kill them.

Thank you so much for all the suggestions. It’s very helpful. I shall get myself a copy of the Coleopterist’s Handbook.

Beetles on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire

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Beetles on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire

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