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Mike Quinn at Puccoon Prairie - male
Copyright © 2011 John Pearson

Mike Quinn at Puccoon Prairie - Male
Puccoon Prairie, Chichaqua Bottoms Greenbelt, Polk County, Iowa, USA
July 29, 2011
Mike Quinn examining his sweep net bounty at Puccoon Prairie.
Contributed by John Pearson on 1 August, 2011 - 8:43pm
Last updated 24 October, 2012 - 4:05pm

Hat
That looks like my hat.
… Dave Rogers, 31 March, 2016 - 1:52pm

I've got a friend who uses a
I've got a friend who uses a boxlike home-made leaf sifter. The sifted content falls onto a white sheet and then he uses the sifter sideways, as a stool.

I like your bucket idea, but think I'd instead use it the same way -- as a stool.
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 12 November, 2011 - 1:34am

These days I carry a white plastic bucket
when I'm sweep-netting. I dump bugs and debris into the bucket and collect those crawling up the sides with my homemade pooter.
… Jim McClarin, 11 November, 2011 - 8:14pm

Yep, that position looks fami
Yep, that position looks familiar.
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 2 August, 2011 - 6:21am

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