Where can newbies find keeper bugs?

[Dragon2115]

A few questions for you experienced bug hunters. You see the bug in its' hole at the base of a rock. There is no apparent back door to work with and the only way to approach is from either the front in which the bug will see you coming, or from the top down along the face of the rock it's hiding under which limits your visibility of the bug. Which approach would you choose?

The other problem I was having was in trying to get the stick around behind the bug while working from the front. Most of the time it would cause it to flap its' tail and wedge himeself in even deeper. Plus it silted up the hole and area in front of it. It looked big enough to be scary so at that point I wasn't going to put my hand in there blindly.

So, is there a way to work the bug out of the hole when working from the front with a straight tickle stick?

On the snatch and grab approach how do you manage to get your hand in there with the bug and not get bit?

I understand the 'let it grab the glove' approach and I tried letting it grab onto the end of the tickle stick instead. Worked ok until I started to bring it out of the hole, then it let go and retreated back into the hole. (Never got far enough out of the hole to grab it.) So why does it hold onto the glove while dragging it out and not the stick?

Thanks in advance.

 

[ClassAction]

A few questions for you experienced bug hunters. You see the bug in its' hole at the base of a rock. There is no apparent back door to work with and the only way to approach is from either the front in which the bug will see you coming, or from the top down along the face of the rock it's hiding under which limits your visibility of the bug. Which approach would you choose?

The other problem I was having was in trying to get the stick around behind the bug while working from the front. Most of the time it would cause it to flap its' tail and wedge himeself in even deeper. Plus it silted up the hole and area in front of it. It looked big enough to be scary so at that point I wasn't going to put my hand in there blindly.

So, is there a way to work the bug out of the hole when working from the front with a straight tickle stick?

On the snatch and grab approach how do you manage to get your hand in there with the bug and not get bit?

I understand the 'let it grab the glove' approach and I tried letting it grab onto the end of the tickle stick instead. Worked ok until I started to bring it out of the hole, then it let go and retreated back into the hole. (Never got far enough out of the hole to grab it.) So why does it hold onto the glove while dragging it out and not the stick?

Thanks in advance.

I used to have a curved stick, which worked well for this. (I lost it, along with about 5 other sticks!). If there's room above his head, I try there. If more room on the side, I try to tickle there. There's no exact science, just trial and error. But don't be afraid to stir up the sand in the hole. I read online that this can smoke the lobster out and I've seen it work.