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Have you ever chased butterflies or caught ladybugs to get a closer look at them? If so, you've been attracted to the largest group of animals on earth - insects! This 4-H entomology project may be just for you. You can watch and learn about insects almost anywhere. And you can especially learn more about insects in 4-H. Your entomology project leader will help you make learning fun and exciting. Your helper may be a parent, project leader or advisor, neighbor or an older friend who enjoys insects. The 4-H Insectaganza of Excitement will help you learn more about the world of insects and you'll have un while doing it. You'll
need to keep you 4-H records up-to-date in this project like you do in all your 4-H projects. You must complete a minimum of 7 activities each year and you must complete a total of 21 of the required and optional activities within 3 years to complete each level.
ENTOMOLOGY, LEVEL 1 - 6110
In this level, you will be introduced to the wonderful world of insects. You'll learn about insect, their behavior, and their life history. But what you learn depends on you. In this level you'll learn about the parts if insects, you'll learn about different ways of collecting insects, you'll observe their behavior and differences, you'll learn how insects communicate, how they see, about their habits, how to control insects, and how insects move. This level may take up to three years to complete. You must complete a minimum of 7 activities and participate in two entomology project leadership experiences each year (such as giving a demonstration, participating in a judging activity, taking a tour, exhibiting your project, or attending a workshop). In this level, if you decide to exhibit
at your county fair, you should collect, properly mount and label, identify the order, and display at least 25 different adult insects representing at least 5 orders, including the order Lepidoptera.
Materials:
M Creepy Crawlies, BU6852, $3.75
M Cut-out labels for insect collections, 2FM227, $.15
M Blank entomology labels, 2FM228, $.15
S Collecting, Mounting and Displaying Insects in 4-H, 5282, $2.50
L Entomology Group Helper's Guide, BU6856, $3.75
ENTOMOLOGY, LEVEL 2 - 6120
"What's Bugging You?" offers you new challenges and opportunities to explore a wide range of activities related to entomology. You'll have fun learning about pinning and labeling, learning how insects use color to communicate, about careers in entomology, how to assemble proper collecting equipment, understand what insects eat, how they develop and grow, how to collect insects at night, locating placed where insects can be found, how to build an extractor and a separator, learning how to read insect control labels and much more. You'll need to complete a minimum of 7 activities and participate in at least three leadership experiences (such as giving a demonstration, participating in a judging activity, taking a tour, exhibiting your project, or attending a workshop) each year to complete this project. The project may take as long as 3 years to complete. In this level, if you decide to exhibit at your county fair, you should collect, properly mount and label, identify to order,
and display at least 25 additional different adult insects. Identify the order of all insects collected and arrange the specimens by order with those collected in Level 1 for a total of at least 50 insects.
Materials:
M What's Bugging You?, BU6854, $3.75
M Cut-out labels for insect collections, 2FM227, $.15
M Blank entomology labels, 2FM228, $.15
S Collecting, Mounting and Displaying Insects in 4-H, 5282, $2.50
L Entomology Group Helper's Guide, BU6856, $3.75
ENTOMOLOGY, LEVEL 3 - 6130
The activities in this level will challenge you to explore areas of the project you haven't experienced before. You may need additional resources to complete some of the activities. In this level, you'll learn how to raise mealworms with different amounts of food, observe a colony of ants, manipulate bee behavior, organize an insect club, make an identification key that others can use, learn how insects detect different odors, plant a butterfly garden, raise mosquitoes in a rearing chamber and observe them, find and prepare a spider's web for display and much more! Remember, you must complete a minimum of seven activities and two leadership experiences each year (such as giving a demonstration, participating in a judging activity, taking a tour, exhibiting you project, or attending a workshop). This
project may take as many as three years to compete. In this level, if you decide to exhibit at your county fair, you should collect, properly mount and label, identify the order, and display at least 35 additional different adult insects for each additional year you are enrolled in this level.
Materials:
M Dragons, Houses, and Other Flies, BU6855, $3.75
M Cut-out labels for insect collections, 2FM227, $.15
M Blank entomology labels, 2FM228, $.15
S Collecting, Mounting and Displaying Insects in 4-H, 5282, $2.50
L Entomology Group Helper's Guide, BU6856, $3.75
INDEPENDENT STUDY - 6199
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