Originally uploaded by Camp Naturalist.
Here’s how to make an inexpensive pooter(or bug sucker).
Just take a small plastic soft drink bottle(preferably a clear bottle so you can see the insects better).
Under adult supervision drill two hole just a little bit smaller than 3/8″ in the cap. I use a drill press. The trick is finding a way to get a good grip on the cap so it does spin. Then get some 3/8″ clear plastic tubing from a hardware store or home center. Cut a couple of pieces about 12″ long or so.
Then put the tubes into the two holes in the bottle cap. Push them in a few inches.
On the tube that you’re going to suck on put a small piece of netting material to the inside of that tube with a rubber-band.
Then screw the cap back on the bottle and you’re ready to catch some insects.
Made mine today! my tubes are a lot shorter though, I’m guessing half yours, as I use cm and don’t really have an idea how many inches that is… My tubes are both about 15cm (6inches?)… I didn’t get the chance to test it yet, but it works really wel… Instead of drilling the holes, I tried something else (my pooter is really closed down, when I hold one tube closed, and suck the other end, I’m suck the air out of the bottle, instead of the air escaping through holes in the cap. What I did was: Get a tube, which ever size you like, and make two little holes in the cap (I used a corkscrew opener). Then get a knife, and start twisting it in the hole, creating a bigger hole. Do this till it’s ALMOST big enough to fit the tube, then just squeeze the tube in. That way no air can possible escape through the sides.
gayness up the anus.