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small bullheads, lamprey eels, large worms, and 

 the crawfish. This little fresh-water crab 

 which looks like a miniature lobster feeds 

 chiefly at night and then is easily picked up by 

 means of a lantern or flashlight. They are used 



both in the 

 hard-shell 

 and soft-shell 

 stages, and 

 seem to be of 

 two varieties, 

 light and 

 dark. Some 

 prefer the 

 lighter - col- 

 ored ones and 

 not much 

 over an inch 

 and a half in 

 length. Scat- 

 tering hashed raw beef in the water late in the 

 afternoon will lure them out to feed. Frogs 

 also are best caught with a small long-handled 

 net, at night, and by dazzling them with a light. 

 The giant garden worms, called "night-walkers" 

 or "dew- worms," likewise are best hunted after 

 dark, with flashlight or lantern, on lawns, aftei 

 a rain that is the real thing or a shower simu- 

 lated by the garden hose earlier in the evening; 

 tread softly and grab quickly. 

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Corydalus cornutus and its aquatic larva, the 

 hellgramite or dobson 



