Beetle Projects

The obvious first project involving beetles would be to make a collection: from your backyard, from the undeveloped piece of land or habitat down the block or across the road, during a family trip scheduled for later this spring or summer.

  So, how do you make a collection of beetles, or of insects in general?
  What do you need to capture, catch or collect them?



  What do you need to prepare the specimens, or to cage them if you prefer to keep live specimens for observation or photography?
  How do you house the specimens?
  How do you curate, classify and identify them?
     
    Answers to these questions and more will be available from discussions of methods, techniques, hints, etc. being developed now...
     
   
If you have a particular question now: