Insect collecting Insect collecting has left traces in European cultural history, literature and songs (e.g., Georges Brassens's "La chasse aux papillons" ("The Hunt for Butterflies")). The practice is still widespread in many countries, and is particularly common among Japanese youths. Insects are passively caught using funnels, pitfall traps, bottle traps, malaise traps, flight interception traps and other passive types of insect traps, some of which are baited with small bits of sweet foods (such as honey). Different designs of ultraviolet light traps such as the Robinson trap are also used by entomologists for collecting nocturnal insects (especially moths) during faunistic survey studies.
Bookworm (insect) soft-bodied wingless Psocopterans (usually "Trogium pulsatorium"), which feed on microscopic molds and other organic matter found in ill-maintained works (e.g., cool, damp, dark, and undisturbed areas of archives, libraries, and museums), although they will also attack bindings and other book parts, making the booklouse not a true louse. By the 20th century, modern bookbinding materials thwarted much of the damage done to books by various types of book-boring insects. Bookworm (insect) Bookworm is a popular generalization for any insect that is said to bore through books. True book-borers are uncommon. Two types of moths, the common clothes moth and the