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Collecting Insects: A Net for Collecting Aquatic Insects
It’s been too long since I last posted a tutorial for my Insect Collections series, so today I’m going to share my best secret for collecting aquatic insects. A lot of people overlook aquatic insects...
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Well-Nigh Wordless Wednesday: Aquatic Insect Sorting
I spent hundreds of hours in this work area while I was employed at my second job: Aquatic insect ID station! This is what it looks like when someone identifies aquatic insects (little vials of...
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Well-Nigh Wordless Wednesday: Beetle Aggregation
We stopped alongside a road to collect insects from a small stream during one of my aquatic entomology classes and came across hundreds, maybe thousands, of these beetles: Lots of beetles! Aren’t they...
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Well-Nigh Wordless Wednesday: Muddy
I warn my aquatic entomology students that they need to wear close-toed shoes that they don’t care about on field trips because they are going to get muddy, really muddy. The first field trip is the...
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Searching for Lost Ladybugs
Seven spot ladybug I do a ton of citizen science outreach programs in my job. I like different citizen science projects for a variety of reasons, but when I’m working with kids, you can’t beat the...
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My Blacklighting Rig
Imagine this. You and some buddies pack a bunch of stuff into a truck or SUV or Subaru and head off into the wild for the night. You carry with you some snacks, perhaps an adult beverage or two, a...
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