Different locally made tools such as nets, baskets,
bamboo sticks or glue are used to catch insects
based on their life cycles and habitats. For
example, aquatic insects such as predaceous diving
beetles, backswimmer beetles and water scavenger
beetles are collected using fishing tools such as a
dip-net (Lao: “Sa-wing” ) or a bamboo woven
basket (Lao: “Kheong”). Many popular edible
insect species (e.g., cicadas, stink bugs and weaver
ants) are collected from trees, using simple tools
such as bamboo sticks and bamboo baskets, or
are simply handpicked from the trees.