Getting access to aquatic insects for the City Nature Challege.
I took some pictures of aquatic insects a week ago. I would not have gotten these at all if I didn't wear my rubber boots and didn't bring a container and a net.
You can get cheap nets from the dollar store or you can look at walmart/hunting stores. I'd recomend a butterfly net or large fishing nets with smaller holes so small insects cannot escape. I wouldn't recommend the small fish nets for fish tanks as aquatic insects can be surprisingly fast and skittish. With bigger nets you can also dig up the mud in ponds to find more stuff.
For containers you can use basically anything that will hold water. I'd recommend something thats white so you can easily see the insect in the photo.
So far I've mostly found aquatic insects in larger permanent bodies of water like ponds but they might be found in large puddles and vernal pools. They also really seem to come out when it rains.
