it takes mid - summer for painted turtles to hatch.
how long does it take for painted turtles to hatch?
mid - summer
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for commercial harvesting, collectors use either basking traps or hoop traps. the basking trap is a floating enclosures with sloping sides and a basking surface. turtles are able to climb up the sloping sides onto the basking surface, but then when they jump off into the center, they can't get back out. hoop traps are cylindrical mesh traps with a funnel opening. hoop traps are submerged and turtles are attracted by bait. in minnesota, trappers say that they prefer basking traps to target painted turtles and hoop traps for "meat" turtles (snapping turtles and softshell turtles). minnesota harvest records also show a clear pattern of most painted turtles coming from basking traps and most softshell and snapping turtles from hoop traps. three quantitative studies of basking traps also show they are more efficient than baited hoop traps for trapping painted turtles. despite the many hours of night and cloudiness when the basking traps do not lure turtles, the painted turtle's drive to bask is so powerful, that on a per-day basis, these traps are twice as effective. or, possibly, the basking traps are more effective since painted turtles frequently escape back out the funnel of hoop traps.
capture of painted turtles