Insect or Fish Landing net

You can buy it. Or if you are really skilled with metalworking, you can make one.

Build

Instructions for building this tool at . The anticipated cost of materials to build this tool is $21 - $50. It may take A week or less.

Borrow

Buy

You can buy this tool from any local outdoors store. The anticipated price range is $21 - $50.

About this tool
Description

Not required. Insect nets can be expensive, so a lightweight fishing net with small holes also works well (and is a lot cheaper). A fish landing net is cheaper ($20+) whereas a dedicated insect collection net can go for $50 or higher for the more Odonata centric models. Fish landing nets can be acquired from your local outdoors store or even large box supermarket. Insect nets can be ordered from Bioquip or Rose Entomology. If you are only planning on collecting dragonflies and damselflies, I recommend going for the cheaper and easier to acquire option.


This tool is recommended for lending libraries.
Used by these projects Ohio Dragonfly Survey
Ideal Age Group Elementary school (6 - 10 years), Middle school (11 - 13 years), High school (14 - 17 years), College, Graduate students, Adults, Families, Seniors
(Anyone can swing a net)
Expected lifetime Should last at least a year
Tool updated Dec. 30, 2018, 6:28 p.m.