Collecting Insects with A Black (UV) Light
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- Опубликовано: 9 июл 2024
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In this video, I discuss how to use a black or ultraviolet light to attract insects. In the video I discuss all the tools you will need including power cords, black lights, white sheets and containers to capture insects. Along the way I introduce you to my new Insect hunting assistant and show off some of the cool insects I was able to find including ten lined June beetles. I also share tips and tricks that I have learned along the way.
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What a fantastic channel! I've been an insect hunter since early childhood, and it's awesome to find others who have a love for insects!
When I was working as an entomologist for the State of Alaska in the late-1970s, I was given a special vacuum trap that lured insects with UVA radiation. It first attracted them to the trap with ultraviolet radiation, then sucked them into a transparent collection tank with a vacuum. The vacuum was a "fan last" system that did not damage the insects in any way, so they could be freed after catalouging the night's catch.
Nice yeah. With some money that would be much more effective I am sure. Cool story.
I put up a strand of black led lights across my roof for Halloween and had a massive amount of beetles and moths etc on the front of the house. I was like wth???? Now I know why lol
Just asked one of my profs if I could borrow a black light for insect observation and she said yes. I'm very excited. I'm thinking of advertising it as a campus event to meet other insect enthusiasts.
That segment where the June beetle was on your nose was cute!
It reminded me of when I was 12 or so and I had somebody take a photograph of me with a monarch butterfly perched on my nose, hahaha!!! :-)
Thanks for sharing!! I was just goofing around since so many people would be scared to death to do so.
Nice, it's been almost 3-4 years since I watch your channel, it's keep improving after more than a year I didn't watch your channel. You are truly dedicated your passion in this channel, respect for that
Thanks! Glad you came back.
@@InsectHunter Thank you, keep it up
this is great, thank you! ive been collecting and creating insect displays for 3 summers now and im sure this technique will up my game for 2020😎
Did this back in the late 1960's for our h.s. biology class. Used Coleman dual mantle gas lanterns instead of black lights. Made quite a haul too, including a very frayed wings Luna moth.
Jason, the behavior the scarab is exhibiting is defensive. It's making itself look bigger and trying to make noise to frighten off a potential predator (you). When they are about to fly the antennae will split apart (see "lamellate antennae") and the elytra will become either fully or partially raised.
Brian as usual you know more than I do. :) Glad to always learn from a friend.
@@InsectHunter You know, you can actually get different insects depending on the intensity and spectrum coverage of your UV bulb. When we blacklight with Hg vapor bulbs we get more moths than beetles, but we seem to get more beetles than moths when we switch to a metal halide bulb.
Awesome, I've been blacklighting every night this week. Love the idea of the photo wall. My gear is currently getting rained on, unfortunately. I'm going to try to dry it all out before it gets dark.
Cool looking June beetle
Hello, id just pike like to say thank you for everything you do. You helped me save a lot of money and help improve my insect hunting skills with your sweep net tutorial. Again, thanks
Wow! I was just thinking why our hero insect hunter don't have a video about finding insects under black light. And here we are i am watching one of my dreams :)
That is so cool, I started an ant colony this week, I'll send pictures later when the colony is bigger.
Is it cheap? Does it smell?
@@StarWarsExpert_ watch ants canada video on catching ants. Its cheap as long as you have terrariums for the colony in the future. You will need a test tube for the queen and the you can use an empty terrarium to feed em when the colony gets to about 10-15 ants. You could also buy gear from antscanada.com . It makes it easy but it can be expensive.
@@StarWarsExpert_ also, you need feeder insects. The ants don't smell, but the feeder do.
@@guiguisauruxthet-rex2238 wait you said catching ants? But they can't make a colony without a queen.
@@StarWarsExpert_ i meant a queen or a whole colony if possible
You are so brave!
Where can I buy those UV lights?
neat idea that insect wall
Ah greetings
this video was so neat! i've got a pretty severe phobia of bugs but I always love watching your videos. not gonna lie, when you put that beetle on your nose towards then end and it dropped down to your lip I damn near fainted but it was very cute nonetheless. glad to see you back bug king :D
ha ha I didn't know what it would do and just was having some fun. Hope it gave you a laugh. We will keep working on your phobia of bugs.
Thanks for all the videos you upload! I've been obsessed with insects since I was a little boy, but arachnophobia prevented me from acting on studying entomology.
Your videos helped me reignite my passion being the best quality videos I could find with a wonderful charm that drew me back in.
Sorry for the long comment, but this is super cool, you're lovely, and your videos have been super helpful.
- a fan in Australia 🖤
Thanks for taking the time to write a meaningful comment I really appreciate it. It’s fans like you that help keep me going when the going gets tough. I am still working on more videos for the future, but the whole coronavirus thing has really slowed me down.
@@InsectHunter It's lovely of you to take the time to reply to fans!
I hope some restrictions are lifted where you are so can work more comfortably soon.
Where can I get that order of black light trap
Would you gut these beetles before pinning?
Does this work for predators like the needle mosquitoes that is really attacking on village communities living near the stream at the swampy land?
Sorry I am confused are you trying to say does it work for mosquitoes, which are parasites, or are you talking about predators that hunt mosquitoes?
you took that vid at the right time still nice size June bugs, dont get the striped one here in Socal get the brown ones
Bump! great video on insect collection. Could you refer the the weblink for the blacklight you used in this video?
It is interesting to see that your kind of "black light" UV lamp is not so dangerous for eyes, is it right? What is special in it? Usual UV lamp is much more agressive and shoul be not so healthy to use it for a long time without special black glasses (but you were in normal glasses?).
Yeah I am not aware of the UV dangers, this is not a commercial grade item, but something commonly sold to anyone. I use blue light reflective glasses, but they probably don't help all that much.
Great video! Does this technique also work to a certain degree with a regular light, or are the results much worse?
It can work with a regular light to some degree, but a black light works much better.
You’re great! Love that bit at the end with the scarab on your face hahaha... it tried to cliffhanger your nose on the way down.
¿Is there any need to be concerned with parasites or any other surprises living under the outer (protective) wings? I have a couple rhinoceros beetles that I ordered online and they are dry. I am going to mount them, yet I’m new to this and still a bit squeamish, lol.
No, but if you wanted to deal with the parasites freeze the specimens for a couple days and it will kill 99.9% of small mites, insects or parasites. I am not talking about bacteria or cellular stuff which can obviously survive freezing.
What the type of grass you are growing?
Hey, I have been really interested in Entomology for quite a while now, but I have not been able to find good ways to identify my Odonata families, I know how to tell Lebellulidae, Aeshnidae, and Gomphidae, but I cannot figure out how to identify the other 26 families. I was wondering if you could maybe suggest an article or maybe even explain it in one of your videos? Have a great day.
Love your cat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I caught recently a Phanaeus vindex, or rainbow scarab here in Texas!!! It had to be the biggest find yet for me.
Wow I am quite jealous. Take a picture and it might get added to my wall.
Hey bud, any idea what color light bulb to use outside to keep bugs away from our front door? Tried the yellow bug bulb, doesn't work very good. We've had a huge imperial moth out there for three days now. He likes to fly headfirst into the porch light over and over. But its the nasty bugs I want gone. Any ideas? Thanks man.
I don't know a whole ton about colors other than black is the most attractive to them. I did find an interesting article that found that LEDs were significantly less attractive than tungsten bulbs. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5108255/ Are you using LEDS or tungsten. You might try to switch to LED first. Particularly you could get a smart bulb and try different colors.
@@InsectHunter yea that sounds like a good idea . thanks for your help man.
Hey there! Great video! Do you remember where you got those lamps? I cant wait to try this and those seem very effective!
How about mites....? I'm studying disease. Do you have any photos,?
How does freezing preserve the insects? Like when you take them out won’t they just be damp and soggy and their internal organs will start to decay from the inside??
If they are large insects yes, but most small insects there won't be much of an issue.
Your kitten is so cute ❤ hope shes doing well
Good video!
Glad you enjoyed it
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Awsome I have 2 white grubs a scarab beetle and a grasshopper
Awesome!
And today I found a small blue Dasher and some treehoppers
@@InsectHunter and also I submitted my picture of one of my smaller beetles
Are only the males attracted to light? I’ve been trying to catch a breeding pair for years and only got males. (Seattle, WA)
Is there someplace associated with this to share pics? I live you in Tucson and have amassed quite a variety of pretty cool insects.
If you want to get a picture on my wall of fame you can submit them here for a chance to be added: bit.ly/insectphoto
In your opinion, do you find mosquitos more attracted to black light than white light?
Yes. They were quite attracted to this light, but they are also using chemical cues like CO2 in the air to detect a potential blood meal.
Hi, i have a dry wolf spider ( 1 month old ). What should i do to make it soft ? I want epoxy with it. I need help u 🙄
Check out my rehydrating insects video. ruclips.net/video/mKVlkthwq30/видео.html
@@InsectHunter thank you but, I watched your video and i don't have alcohol can I overcome this situation?
@@neox1302 Yes you could use chlorine. You want something to kill fungi or pathogens that can grow in the high moisture situation.
really cool!!!!where is the area?
I’m gonna try to use my floodlight casted on a sheet because I don’t have any black lights.
Yeah you could try it with that. See if you can get a black bulb for the flood light. May be worth it.
Insect Hunter ill check it out
You need to put a sheet on the ground as well, it helps when they fall or land on the ground.
Yeah that’s definitely a good idea.
Just wondering whether your wall of fame is aimed at your US followers. I'm in the UK and I'd love to submit a photo if it's valid. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience.
Yes, but I would still love to see your picture and what you are finding. If you are not from the US just indicate somewhere in the post and it could still be considered for the wall, but its good for me to know so I can sort out the data from other countries when I try to do a write up about U.S. insects.
@@InsectHunter Will do. I gather from your videos you're particularly into beetles so I'll pick one of my favourite photos I took last year of a Green Tiger Beetle (Cicindela campestris.)
Must be a buffet for the cat
Where is this?
in Idaho.
Well your cat found the first one so it's 2 for her and one for you lol
binge watching your videos after seeing this
Glad you found them! :)
Insect Hunter haha yeah, theyre all well made and informative, i enjoyed them all :)
i saw a large black beetle, i think it was a flower beetle
I have just started pit falling
10:49 PHHPHP HAHA lOloLOLOlo
Yes Cats do what they want when they want. We are but mere mortals who only rarely serve a purpose in their more important lives. Luckily I have food so Millie sticks around.
Wait were do you live
In Idaho. I am educator/professor for the University of Idaho.
Is our big beetle/larvae stil alive. I haven’t washed for. A Long time
No it passed away quite a while back unfortunately.
Oh :( that is sad ☹️
the june bugs around here are orange, our cats eat them up.
erin told me your wall of fame is stupid lol
I love cats.
YOUR CAT IS SOO CUTE
scarabs aren't good flyers? tell that to the Cetoniinae lol
But they are great diggers
😁 cats are so mutch fun
I was enjoying the video until you decided to video your dumb cat attacking a beetle for way too long
Outdoor cats 🤮