pitfall trap , also: pit-trap

More detailed information about setting up your own pitfall trap.

The pitfall trap has evolved independently in at least two other groups.

Pitfall traps come in a variety of sizes and designs.

They come in 2 main forms: dry and wet pitfall traps.

Pitfall traps are thought to have evolved independently on at least four occasions.

Since Watson does not fall through the pitfall traps, some players suspect that he might have been the one to set them.

It may be used in conjunction with pitfall traps placed at the foot of the fence.

The spider hunts on the ground and often gets caught in pitfall traps.

The cave has a large hole in the roof and is believed to have been used as a pitfall trap.

They are difficult to find other than when encountered in leaf litter samples or pitfall traps.

Pitfall traps are quite clearly derived from rolled leaves.

Pitfall traps are mainly used for ecology studies and ecologic pest control.

It has highly modified leaves in the form of pitchers that act as pitfall traps for prey.

A handful reached the river bank, and disappeared into a villagers' pitfall trap that was already full of Insects.

Rainwater can be retained by cupping the leaf, leading to pitfall traps.

The single specimen of S. anderseni was caught in a pitfall trap, and nothing is known about its biology.

Both have developed the same unusual method of trapping prey - they dig small pitfall traps for it.

These pitcher plants demonstrate the pitfall trap: once inside, the slippery slope out is impossible to climb.

Individuals have only been obtained in pitfall traps, captured by hand, or obtained from local hunters.

Nepenthes rajah is a carnivorous plant of the pitfall trap variety.

Pitfall traps can be used for various purposes:

Carpet tiles (terrestrial refuges) may be used in conjunction with or instead of pitfall traps.

Pitfall traps, a way of passively catching animals, especially arthropods

They are assisted by a gypsy boy, Pablo, who they rescue from a pitfall trap.

A pitfall trap is a trapping pit for small animals, such as insects, amphibians and reptiles.