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Hi! Hey, could you maybe describe (or depict) your pan trap set-up? How do you keep it from getting disturbed or vandalized? I'd like to try this out here in Tucson, but I collect in urban areas and figure an unattended trap would just get trashed or stolen....

I learned a few things from Sam Droege. Here is one of the publications.
My traps couldn't be more homemade. I use ordinary plastic bowls and soapy water. I pick up the insects with a brush, although a strainer would be nice; I have to stop at a pet storea and get the kind used in aquariums. I worry about vandalism too or about upsetting my neighbors (I live in a condominium) but I don't leave them longer than a day, besides with such cheap equipment it wouldn't be much of a loss. So far I haven't had any trouble