At the library tonight we came across a great new book on American Bumble Bee has wonderful species identification references inside. (Maybe this method of species identification is just "new" to me?) So easy to review which species you may have based on the color coded variations. Brilliant!!! I cant believe I haven't seen this before?! And I am amazed at the subtle variations from species to species.
This is a page reference on species of bee. Look at the minor variation between sketches, where yellow is filled in and isn't.
Here she included specimen names next to the sketch, for newbie entomologists like me. . . This is young love!
This is my old way of keeping an identification method for bees. Pure pictures we find by chance, like this billboard at the LaPorte County Fair which we visit in Indiana every year.
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Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Friday, May 2, 2014
Where to Collect Bugs in Early Spring - Our Family Hobby Insect Collection
We are very excited about a new season of bug collecting. The kids are even bringing up ideas and where we should go and look for bugs this year. While the Polar Vortex has been been haunting Chicagoland, with 40 degree weather on May 1st, we are already finding some of our tiny world friends.
We had a patch of warm weather with 60-70 degree temperature in April. I was looking at our front garden flowers and heard this bumble bee buzzing around. Insects are around us year round, just hibernating the through the cold months.
These photos were taken with my Iphone 5. It gets the job done. This bumble bee was captured in three shots, happily finding nectar, hovering on the flowers edge and then I caught him just before he flew away. and he inspired me to write about where bugs can be found this early in the season. ESPECAILLY considering the insanely colder then normal tempaeratures around here.
We have started collecting this year already, and here's where we found our specimens.
Where to Collect Bugs in Early Spring - Our Family Hobby Insect Collection
We had a patch of warm weather with 60-70 degree temperature in April. I was looking at our front garden flowers and heard this bumble bee buzzing around. Insects are around us year round, just hibernating the through the cold months.
These photos were taken with my Iphone 5. It gets the job done. This bumble bee was captured in three shots, happily finding nectar, hovering on the flowers edge and then I caught him just before he flew away. and he inspired me to write about where bugs can be found this early in the season. ESPECAILLY considering the insanely colder then normal tempaeratures around here.
We have started collecting this year already, and here's where we found our specimens.
Where to Collect Bugs in Early Spring: Our Insect Collection, a photo by areyousureaboutthatblog on Flickr.
I'm still very pleased with my self and this photo of our little friend in our front garden.
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