Bugs Club - Let's make your own insect net and go out for insect catching

BUGS CLUB

Let's make your insect net by yourself, and go out for insect catching!

What you can learn from this activity: Making insect net by yourself. Insect Behavior. Insect body structure. Ways to find insects. Way to record findings

When and where to do: Anywhere. Spring to Autumn

Materials: Saw, pliers, knife

Procedure: Make your own insect net with two bamboo sticks, an onion collecting net and a wire clothes hanger. Go out with the insect net and plastice containers to keep captured insects. Look at how insects fly, move and stay carefully. When you catch one of the insects, record where you find it and keep it in the plastic container for later examination.

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