Make a Chew Card
Discover what creatures are lurking in your backyard/school. This is a great activity to do. Before trapping you may like to do some investigating to find out what pests you have lurking around your area. Our Nature Connectors on making tracking tunnels and using poos as clues to help identify pests, might also be useful for you.
Learn how to make chew cards. Then use the resources below to help figure out what chewed your chew card!
Resources for Interpreting the Chew Marks:
CHEWCARDS: A guide to the interpretation of animal tooth impressions PDF File, 5.7 MB
Chewcard keys and species descriptions PDF File, 438 KB
Diagnostic parameter selection for species identification of bite marks on chew cards PDF File, 442 KB
Summary Descriptions for Chewcard Interpretation PDF File, 44 KB
When you are ready to start trapping your pests, check out our Nature Connector on Trapping to learn how to go about it.