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Tag Archives: odonata
Create Your First Collection!
As you begin looking for insects for your collection, you’ll be amazed at your keen powers of “bug detection.” I once stopped in the middle of an intersection to pick up a dead dragonfly that was in mint condition. A … Continue reading
Posted in Bugs
Tagged bug collecting, bug collection, carpenter bees, coleoptera, damselfly, diptera, dragonfly, entomology, exoskeleton, flies, hand lens, hemiptera, hymenoptera, insects, Jerusalem cricket, lepidoptera, mosquitoes, nets, odonata, orthoptera, pinning block, potato bug, specimen, spiders, spidey sense
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What Do I Need to Know Before Starting an Insect Collection?
So, you’ve decided to create a bug collection or feel tempted to make one. (Yay! I’ve lured you in. Get it? Lured you in, bwah ha ha!) Maybe you’d like to help educate fellow gardeners, or students in a classroom, … Continue reading
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