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Post by bugman7 on May 6, 2015 12:41:40 GMT -8
Has anyone been successful in using malt as a bait for collecting dung beetles? If so, what form of malt worked best and how was it prepared?
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Post by 58chevy on May 6, 2015 13:30:49 GMT -8
I don't know about malt, but I've heard some people use peanut butter. I don't know how effective it is.
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Post by jshuey on May 7, 2015 4:35:33 GMT -8
I've use maltose mixed with dung. It activates all those bacteria and makes everything quite stinky. You can buy maltose in grocery stores here in the states.
John
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Post by lucanidae25 on May 7, 2015 6:59:45 GMT -8
When I was collecting in China, someone told me he mixed beer and human vomit together in a bowl in the ground to trap Coptolabrus. He said that is the best when it come to Coptolabrus. I tried beer and got a few Bombardier ground beetles in my bowls in the ground.
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Post by bichos on May 11, 2015 2:51:09 GMT -8
When I was collecting in China, someone told me he mixed beer and human vomit together in a bowl in the ground to trap Coptolabrus. He said that is the best when it come to Coptolabrus. I tried beer and got a few Bombardier ground beetles in my bowls in the ground. Seems like you needed to drink the beer then throw it up. Although I'm sure if they're active you'd be able to spot them at night anyway. |
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Post by bandrow on May 12, 2015 19:15:26 GMT -8
Greetings,
I've use malt-baited pitfall traps to collect Mycotrupes in the southeastern U.S. and have combined fermenting malt with pig dung elsewhere in the states. Both worked well. The malt on its own works better for some of the geotrupines, while the dung/malt combo brings in more scarabaeines.
I got the malt at a home-brewer's supply store - you can purchase it in powder form and mix it with water to activate the fermentation.
Cheers!
Bandrow
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