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STUDENT INSECT COLLECTION

for biology class, entomolgy course, arthropod collections, bug collections, science fair, science project, and science olympiad.

52 Species covering 15 Orders and 43 Families!

Insects are all identified to Order , Family and Common Name . Most are identified to genus or genus/species . That will save you hours of work!

PLEASE EXCUSE THE POOR PICTURES - THESE INSECTS ARE NICE SPECIMENS!

ALL INSECTS (EXCEPT BUTTERFLIES & MOTHS) ARE SENT IN DILUTED ALCOHOL TO KEEP THEM RELAXED (FLEXIBLE - READY TO PIN AND SPREAD). THEY ARE CONTAINED IN 6, NUMBERED JARS and 1 BOX (The Butterflies & Moths).

The Butterflies & Moths in this set come to you DRY in glassine pouches , protected in a box. These MUST BE RELAXED for pinning (the others are ready right from the jars). To relax butterflies/moths - you can use steam in a box (like professionals) or the quick and easy way is to lay them in a dish of clear rubbing alcohol for several hours or overnight. The fluid the other insects come in will work fine for this. Then lay them on paper towels to drain - then spread/pin - let dry.

T IS A LIST TELLING WHICH SPECIMENS ARE IN EACH CONTAINER. THE PHOTOS IN THIS AUCTION WILL ALSO HELP YOU CONFIRM IDENTITY. IF YOU NEED MORE HELP, THEN JUST RUN A GOOGLE IMAGE SEARCH FOR THE COMMON NAME AND NUMEROUS PICS SHOULD BE AT YOUR FINGERTIPS!

THESE INSECTS ARE NATIVE, COMMON, USA SPECIES AND SPECIMENS.

THESE ARE NOT "RECYCLED" INSECTS - THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN PINNED OR USED FOR A COLLECTION. THESE ARE NOT MARKED/PAINTED IN ANY WAY. THEY ARE FROM THE FIELD, TO ALCOHOL, TO YOU!

IS THE LIST --- ROWS FROM TOP - BOTTOM --- NAMED FROM LEFT - RIGHT:

PICTURE 2: (38 SPECIES)

ROW 1: BEETLES (Order: Coleoptera) 12 spp.

Bess Beetle - Green June Beetle - Brown Dung Beetle - Click Beetle - Potato Beetle - Ladybug (Ladybird Beetle) - Japanese Beetle - Soldier Beetle - Grapevine Beetle - Spotted Cucumber Beetle - Striped Blister Beetle - Dingy Ground Beetle

ROW 2: FLIES (Order: Diptera) 5 spp. & TRUE BUGS (Order: Hemiptera) 4 spp. & NET-WINGS (Order: Neuroptera) 2 spp.

Fruit Fly - Muscid Fly - Blowfly - Wheatstem Fly - Soldier Fly

Water Bug Nymph - Water Strider - Green Stink Bug - Leaf-footed Bug

Ant Lion Larva - Green Lacewing

ROW 3: GRASSHOPPERS and CRICKETS (Order: Orthoptera) 2 spp. & ANTS, BEES & WASPS (Order: Hymenoptera) 6 spp. & CICADAS and HOPPERS (Order: Homoptera) 2 spp.

Grasshopper (species varies as available) - Mole Cricket

Black Carpenter Ant - Acrobat Ant - Ichneumon Wasp - Honeybee - Paper Wasp - Yellowjacket

Periodical Cicada - Leafhopper (species varies as available)

ROW 4: MAYFLY (Order: Ephemerida) 1 sp. & TERMITE (Order: Isoptera) 1 sp. & FLEA (Order: Siphonaptera) 1 sp. & DRAGONFLIES/DAMSELFLIES (Order: Odonata) 2 spp.

Mayfly - Subterranean Termite - Flea - Dragonfly ** - Damselfly ** (exact species varies)

PICTURE 1: (14 SPECIES)

ROW 1: BUTTERFLIES and MOTHS (Order: Lepidoptera) 3 spp.

Pearl Crescent Butterfly - Swallowtail Butterfly (exact species may vary with availability, usually yellow Tiger or black Spicebush) - Cutworm Moth

ROW 2: STONEFLY (Order: Plecoptera) 1 sp. & CADDISFLY (Order: Trochoptera) 1 sp. & SCORPIONFLY (Order: Mecoptera) 1 sp. & EARWIG (Order: Dermaptera) 1 sp. & TRUE BUGS (Order: Hemiptera) 2 spp. & FLY (Order: Diptera) 1 sp.

Stonefly - Caddisfly - Scorpionfly - Earwig - Harlequin Bug - Backswimmer - House Fly

ROW 3: FISHFLY/OWLFLY (order: Neuroptera) 1 sp. & BEETLES (Order: Coleoptera) 3 spp.

Fishfly or Owlfly (either as available) - Red-lined Carrion Beetle - Prionus Beetle (species as available) - Asparagus Beetle

TOTAL OF 52 INSECTS COVERING 16 ORDERS

**(NOTE: Dragonfly and Damselfly heads are attached by a very thin, "thread-like" membrane and the abdomens a...

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