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ON U TUBE THERE IS A VIDEO BY BUGS IN HYPERSPACE COLLECTING AT TURNPIKE REST AREAS. LOOK AT IT.

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TOM

I'm not sure which particular video you are referring to, but the channel has a number of videos about collecting at southeastern AZ rest stops -

https://www.youtube.com/@bugsincyberspa ... st%20stops

ANY OF THEM ARE INTERESTING; I VE NEVER SEEN THAT AMOUNT OF DIFFERENT SPECIES IN THIS COUNTRY.

TOM

FOXXDOC wrote: ↑Tue Apr 04, 2023 3:32 pm ANY OF THEM ARE INTERESTING; I VE NEVER SEEN THAT AMOUNT OF DIFFERENT SPECIES IN THIS COUNTRY.

TOM

Definitely - southeastern AZ is one of the greatest areas of insect diversity in the US.

IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE YOU TUBE VIDEOS BY BUGS IN HYPERSPACE ; YOU SHOULD.

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TOM

FOXXDOC wrote: ↑Tue Apr 11, 2023 4:51 pm IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE YOU TUBE VIDEOS BY BUGS IN HYPERSPACE ; YOU SHOULD.

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TOM

I've known Peter of https://bugsincyberspace.com/ for nearly a decade; he's done quite a lot to help promote the insect hobby in the US for over 25 years.

The rest areas can occasionally have stuff that’s good, but none of them are in really prime habitat and the lights at them are usually not great. The difference between having your own lights and generator and going to a great spot and collecting at a few rest stops is about 50x.

I agree with evra. I've been to the rest areas and gotten a few good bugs, but setting up MV lights at the well-known collecting spots gives far better results in terms of both quantity and variety of species.

They're all about collecting bugs at those turnpike rest areas, and let me tell ya, it's a wild ride!