Master Naturalist
Laura Miller gave a class on Insects on August 22, 2008 (Friday). This was followed by a field trip to Kanawha State Forest on August 23, 2008(Saturday) to catch and identify some insects.
Here are a few photos taken on Saturday.
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After an introduction to the equipment, we went our separate ways to see what we could find. |
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The Salamander trail was popular. |
| Getting them with the net was the easy part. Getting them out again and into the collection bottle was another thing. |
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This one just did not fit into the collection bottle. |
| Then we got back together to compare what we had found. |
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All the collection bottles were emptied and the contents examined. |
| The insects were examined and identified. |
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Laura kept us on track. |
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No, that is not its head falling off. |
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One pair of wings. It has to be a fly. |
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We used a number of different methods for examining them. |
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Jim brought his portable microscope. |
| This is what it looked like through the microscope. |
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