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First, be sure to gather together all your materials. |
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2.
Next, punch a few small holes in the bottoms of your containers so
that water can drain. |
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3.
Go outside and pick a place where you think your trap will not be
disturbed by other people. Dig a small hole in the soil and set your container into
it with the top of the cup even with the soil surface. |
![food003.gif (2531 bytes)](food003_small.gif) |
4.
Next, it is your job to think about what kinds of insects might be
in your backyard and what they might eat. Set up several containers in the soil and
place a small amount of the bait you think your insects will like into each trap.
Don't mix them up, though! Just put one kind of bait into each container. |
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5.
To keep extra stuff from falling into your traps, like leaves and
sticks, place several small rocks around your container and balance your board on top of
the rocks. In this way, the insects can easily crawl through the open space, but
other stuff can't fall in! |
![Image6.gif (1149 bytes)](../../Antivities/Pitfalltraps/ldybeet6.gif) |
6. Now, unfortunately, you're going to have to wait for a while. You
can keep checking your traps, but be sure to empty them out by tomorrow at the latest . .
. you want to try to look at as many insects as possible while they are still alive! |
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