You can ONLY find it in the desert north of maviulle city. Note:You must have go-goggles to catch a trapinch due to the sandstorm.
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If you haven't already realized, Trapinch is from a later version R/S/E and is impossible to catch but you can trade trapinch from Ruby, Sapphire or Emerald if you have those versions
Trapinch is located in the sandy area of the desert in Route 111. It shouldn't take long to find one.
how do you catch trapinch in platinumYou can obtain a trapinch on route 225. You can only find it there.
In Pokémon Emerald, you cannot catch Flygon however you can find Trapinch in the desert area that is north of Mauville City which is also known as Route 111 and then you can raise Trapinch until it reaches the level of Level 35 which is when it will evolve into Vibrava and then you can raise Vibrava until it reaches Level 45 which is when it will evolve into Flygon.
Trapinch can be found in the dessert in lavaridge town after you beat Flannery.