Week 1: Building Your iNaturalist Insect Collection
A quick reminder . . . Your week 1 lab assignment asks for your iNaturalist 'INSECT' observations, and your final project should only include Insects. Several folks are photographing and uploading arthropods to our project page. However, your efforts should really be focused on finding and photographing INSECTS!
Different stages of insects are acceptable . . . nymphs or larvae, pupa, and adults. Juvenille insects are much more difficult to identify than adults. But, taking photos of caterpillars can help you build your virutal insect collection, and can also help you become more familiar with insect pests (caterpillars are often pests, even if the moths and butterflies of these same species are pollinators). A photograph of a caterpillar and adult stage of the same species counts as TWO insect observations. But, a photograph of two adults of the same species or two caterpillars (or other larval form) of the same species will only count as one observation.
You will not need to show me your insect samples, every week. I ask for your specimens in week 0.5, one, and five. You will then need to turn in the entire collection (on iNaturalist) during the final week of the term. All specimens that you want me to grade need to be added to our iNaturalist project page for consideration.
Once again, please hunt for your insect specimens early in the term, when it will be easier to find and photograph different species.
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