My Insect Collection Part 1
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- Опубліковано 25 вер 2019
- In this episode I show off my insect collection. This collection, though imperfect shows off a variety of specimens from my collecting classes at Texas A&M University, BYU-Idaho and just as a hobby. Though this collection could be much bigger I enjoy catch and release collecting most of all. This video will be one of three videos on the subject since I have way too many specimens to show in one video.
Sponsored by University of Idaho Extension
Music by Epikus
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![Beetles, Mites, Cockroaches Oh My! [Insect Collection Tour]](/img/n.gif)
When I was in high school my science teacher had two, almost floor to ceiling terrariums full of hissing cockroaches! I can deal with most bugs but roaches.. no. My teacher would walk around during class with one on his shoulder. :)
Nice yeah hissing roaches are pretty cool though scary to some.
That’s amazing to bad now kids hate bugs
@@Sipotioanimal I only hate cockroaches other bugs are cool
I like any type of bug my favorite is the praying mantis the only time I would ever pin it is if it dies
@electric red berry id take a roach over a maggot anyday.
this channel is so wholesome
After watching this video I created my own insect collection using an old shoebox lid, a paper towel, and some sewing pins. The day after I found a huge emporer dragonfly and a ground beetle
Awesome glad to inspire you to make a collection. One of my next videos will be about pinning insects.
Saludos desde México!
I just started to get into insect collecting and I’m really enjoying your channel, I hope you are doing well.
Doing great! Me gustaria visitar mexico otra vez. Vivi ahi por dos anos!
i love your vids bro i always learn a lot about the different personalities of these insects that i at one point wouldnt even have thought they had
Jason,
Was so glad to view this video. My collection is small, but important to me. The last one I caught was a two-striped walking stick. Actually there were two - mating. The male was soooooo much smaller than the female. Was surprised. I, too, love the beetles. So fascinating, so many variations. Am looking forward to part two. Thank you for showing the tiny insects. Would be nice to be able to attach them to the small triangles as you did.
Yes it is called point mounting. I will have to make a video on that soon. Glad you enjoyed it and bared through the 22 minutes of content. It was a long video.
fun & lovely video as always.
I use the pinky method when passing the joint
Keep the good work, love from Brazil
Opa, outro brasileiro!
great video insect hunter!!!!
Glad you enjoyed it even though it was way long ha ha!
I have a very small insect collection. But I have a luna moth that I found in my garage!
Use mothballs (Napthalene) to stop dermistid beetles. Also use a mould deterent and maybe silica gel.
this is a rare gem
Glad you enjoyed it.
I was waiting for this from tomorrow...love your channel ....i like herpetology but entomology is cool too
Did you come back from the future tomorrow to watch it today? haha thanks! Entomology rocks. Glad you were looking forward to watch it or was that looking backwards haha! Cheers!
@@InsectHunter thx I m looking forward for your next video ....💖💖😁😁😁✌✌
I too have a collection of insects and bugs , but mine are sealed in epoxy resin blocks , thanks to this they will never be damaged by anything trying to eat them but my only thing i need to be wary about is scratching and chipping of the resin but out of 90 i only had this problem with 1 specimen.
How do you usually deal with keeping bubbles off of your insects when encasing them in resin? I can get bubbles out of the mix but have difficulty with putting the bug in
Ah neat my sister and her husband go to BYUI. Very beautiful school I want to go
I have no idea, but I bet cigar humidors would work great for keeping insects.
4:52 i think that's a cricket leg
Yes it is a cricket leg haha! Dang dermestid beetles chewed it right off and didn't finish their dinner.
Oh hey I'm going to BYUI too
these are very interesting!! could you do a video on how to build up confidence to touch and hold insects? And how to catch grasshopper by hand? if not that's totally cool i understand :)
Yeah I could do that. I have had to work my way up to fighting my natural instinct that this thing might hurt me even though know it won't.
@@InsectHunter I agree great video idea
Every insect in his collection: How dare you impale my dead body!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cool, my mom went to byu for college! My family are mormons
I've always wanted a pinned insect collection but atm I got a harass wet specimen collection.
Hi liked and subbed 👍 😸
i like the pinkie method
Yes it is quite interesting haha.
I can so relate to the way you explain the odors hanging around 🤢😷😂 I absolutely share the same humor😁 I was wondering: do you keep these ‘paintings’ around the house or does one need to keep them in a dry, dark environment? Maybe deep frozen?! Do you also keep preserved in alcohol? I need to learn SO much; my daughter’s interested in starting a ‘bug’ collection. I wanna support her, just don’t wanna deal w/ the odor thingie🥺
Yeah the odor is a challenge to be certain.
19:21,that beetle it’s very beautiful,despite you say it was now well pinned,you just need to take the pin out and rehydrate it,but be becareful if you are really gonna do it because it’s a nice specimen.
Yeah. I don't really want to chance it at this point.
Insect Hunter I’m agree.
It must be quite fiddly trying to preserve a small aphid lol
I only have a turantula hawk in my collection
what did you mean when you said mothballs are a lot of maintenance?
Please do a vid on dragonfly identification!! :)
I froze my rare dragonfly now I just have to cut the ice
Hellow sir do you need other species of moths and beetle for collection and for research?
Hello, do you exchange specimens?
a side note that ive always found cool. those bug people from men in black look like a mix of a walking stick and a tree cricket. its fairly odd how accurate their faces are compared to the real life bugs
I may encase some ants in resin, but I wonder if I can pin them if I find them after they die? I couldn't possibly kill ants.
🐜🕷🐛🦋🐝
Did u sell the insects
Broo ur actually the real life weevil underwood
i like tree hoppers, they look kinda like cicadas
Yes they are closely related, but have much cooler bodies.
I will happily take any dead bugs you don’t want😅😅😅
What insect do you rarely see?
It all depends on the area you live in. What is rare in one area can be common in another.
yeah pinning insects is a tedious process which is why I keep them in cultures.
Yes probably a lot easier.
Is it true bees only die when they sting humans?
Yung Scantless yea it is. But only honeybees I think
Noice
Thanks for watching!
i found a leaf footed bug once in a cabin in the winter
Cool they are pretty neat.
@@InsectHunter yep
Is it possible to keep bugs alive in captivity I wanna collect bugs but I don’t wanna kill emm
Yes. They just take a lot of care and time depending on the species.
Hello. I have serval ecospheres. In the last one I set up 5 months ago, I have three small beetles that I can not identify. These are doing very strange things like I've never seen. Do you have an email address so I can send you photos and some clips? The beetles go around collecting tiny air bubbles and putting them in a pile under leaves until it's about the same size as the beetle. Then they climb inside the bubble and go off about their business. I know some beetles have air bubbles on their abdomen and some collect a layer of air over them with small hairs. But this is something else. The beetle will be in the bubble but doesn't seem to be hairy or collecting air in the normal way.
I hope that makes sense
theinsecthunter@gmail.com
How to preserve insects at home ?
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I also want to collect insects but
Lazy person 🙋🏻
You should try preserving them in glass bottles and alcohol
Yes I have some preserved that way, but not my favorite style.
@@InsectHunter understandable! Best of luck I cant wait until future content !
Now eat them all and make a viral video! 😋
giant ants "milk" and care for leaf footed bugs like aphids. camponotus gigas does this.
Have you ever found your own species insect ?
Not sure what you mean? Have I discovered a a new species? No.
I think I just did lol possibly.... not 100% sure yet
I have problems finding the bugs I want XD it’s so hard.
Don't worry about what you don't have and just get out there and collect there is bound to be something awesome somewhere. It is all about perspective.
Insect Hunter Oh ty
UA-cam is broken it says 8.34K subs instead of 834 million
ha ha yeah right. That would be awesome, but no. Most people don't like bugs so it will take us some time to grow, but we have come a long way.
Insect Hunter good confidence
Don’t expose them to light and they won’t lose any colour
I will squish the cockroach if I were you
Would storing insects in a vacuum chamber help keep there color?
I don't know enough about vacuum chambers to answer that.
Get them dermestids outta there
Part 2 I’ll show you my human collection
Filmed this inside the insane asylum
Ha ha. My office?
KushAndy harsh
It doesn't look like anything. I do not understand that you can make a chain about insects or you explain how to collect insects when you take it like a six year old child. Even the material is totally unsuitable! A word of advice, buy yourself some books or educate yourself a little, especially on how to pin a specimen.