Insect Collection Guidelines

Rubric

	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor	None
Insect Samples Points (2 points each)	21-25 caught 42-50	16-20 caught 32-40	11-15 caught 22-30	6-10 caught 12-20	0-5 caught 0-10
Information * Typical Name * Scientific Order * Date Caught * Place Caught Points (4 points each)	4 out of 4 facts given 84-100	3 out of 4 facts given 64-80	2 out of 4 facts given 44-60	1 out of 4 facts given 24-40	0 out of 4 facts given 0-20
Mounting *Glue or straight pin * Neatness Points (2 points each)	Proper: 2 out of 2 mounts 42-50		Improper: 1 out of 2 mounts 22-30		None 0 out of 2 mounts 0-10

Total Points Possible: 200! This is worth 2 Tests!

Major Insect Orders and Where to Look For Them
Coleoptera	Beetles	Check lights, ponds, leaf litter, rotten logs, under rocks, fungus, dung, flowers, and vegetation.
Collembola	Springtails	Damp areas, old leaf litter.
Diptera	Flies	Flowers, dung, old fruits, some will come to light
Ephemeroptera	Mayflies	Attracted to lights, near ponds and streams
Hemiptera	Bugs	Gardens, flowers, surface of ponds, many come to light.
Homoptera	Cicadas, Aphids, Hoppers	Feed on vegetation, gardens, flowers.
Hymenoptera	Ants, Bees, Wasps	Flowers, among vegetation. Use caution when collecting, many sting.
Isoptera	Termites	Leaf litter, rotting wood
Lepidoptera	Butterflies, Moths	Flowers, moths come to light.
Neuroptera	Lacewings, Ant Lions, Dobson Flies	In vegetation, most come to light.
Odonata	Damselflies, Dragonflies	Daylight hunters. Near ponds and streams.
Orthoptera	Crickets, Mantids, Roaches, Walking Sticks, Grasshoppers	Most feed on vegetation, look under rocks and logs.
Siphonaptera	Fleas	Fur on many animals
Thysanoptera	Thrips	Look inside flowers or on vegetation.