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  • A pooter is a jar with 2 rubber tubes and is used to collect small insects. You inhale through the tube with gauze and this sucks the animal into the other tube.
  • A sweep net is moved gently though long grass and hedges to collect insects.
  • A beating tray is used to collect insects from trees. You place the white sheet on the ground under a tree and gently knock the branches with a stick so that insects fall down and can be clearly seen on the white sheet.
  • A pitfall trap is a jar used to collect crawling insects. You put a container into the ground and disguise it using stones and leaves.