I'm not that kind of girl!

[piskieinboots]

Assignment:
Collect examples of insects from three* different orders...using a magnifying glass identify as many body parts as you can....

Piskie to Snowdrop: How do I keep hold of the little insect?
SD: stick a pin in it!



*three

[lynda66]

spider, woodlouse, beetle or fly?

i reckon you should google them and have nice big piccies on your screen ...... or is that cheating

[zazen999]

Nope me neither.

I got a roasting when I was younger for refusing to dissect a bulls eyeball. They did a frog [one between 2 students] the week after but by then I was in the library whilst they did that section of the syllabus.

Some things just don't need to be done.

[HayleyB]

Nope not me, daft innit, gladly swat a fly though

[squashysu]

cor my assignments are all to do with kids - do you think i could dissect a couple (preferably mine lol)

good luck, i wouldnt want to do it either x

[bubblewrap]

Nope me neither.

I got a roasting when I was younger for refusing to dissect a bulls eyeball. They did a frog [one between 2 students] the week after but by then I was in the library whilst they did that section of the syllabus.

Some things just don't need to be done.

"Section" a syllabus? Was he mad??

[maytreefrannie]

When I was small I kept a pet spider in a box, after a few days I showed him to my brother who told me the spider would keep on growing and become an elephant spider and eat the whole lot of us if I kept it in the box.

Needless to mention, I released the spider right away and told all my friends they must never catch a spider because it would grow into a giant.

[piskieinboots]

and another problem - there aren't that many crawlies around now, they are all off on hols

[Nicos]

Have a look under dead leaves and plantpots...I've been looking for treats for our chooks!

Boy....it's really great to be able to say that!

[rogesse]

If I remember rightly, a good dose of ethanol (or such like) was the quickest, least yucky way of despatching insect specimens. It doesn't seem to work on dragonfly larvae which just get extremely p*!!@d but recover and Caddisfly larvae seemed to get really aggressive before popping their clogs

[piskieinboots]

.....It doesn't seem to work on dragonfly larvae which just get extremely p*!!@d but recover and Caddisfly larvae seemed to get really aggressive before popping their clogs

now see that made me really LOL

[Capsid]

spider, woodlouse, beetle or fly?

i reckon you should google them and have nice big piccies on your screen ...... or is that cheating

A spider and a woodlouse are not insects.

The task sounds quite hard to fulfil at this time of year. Of course you could dig up some weevils, leather jackets and find some caterpillars/beetles.

[piskieinboots]

.....Of course you could dig up some weevils, leather jackets and find some caterpillars/beetles.

eeewww - do you think dissected KFC would count