Definition: Travel Bug tracking is a subset of the geocaching game. If you find a travel bug in a geocache, you may take note of its number and leave it in the geocache, or take it along with you. Either way, you may look up the number of your travel bug at Travelbugs.com, and you will learn where the bug has been. If you remove a Travel Bug from a geocache, plan on placing it another cache to keep it moving on its way, and log the placement at Travelbugs.com.
Travel Bug
By Fred Zahradnik, About.com
Example of a Travel Bug tag with plastic toy attached.
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