What should you/have you done when in a situation where you find an insect or other arthropod and you want to collect or photograph it, but you aren’t prepared. And have no means of photography or collection? What would you do? Or, have you been in this situation before? I know I have, today eve…

[image] trickman: eat your sandwhich way early so to use its container for collecting Hm, yep, I’ve done this with weevils that I found during recess back in early middle school. [image] trickman: use shirt pockets (then don’t forget) This too, and I have forgotten on multiple occasio…

Yep, that memory part can be difficult. i don’t know how many pockets full of plant seeds i’ve had go thru the washer.

[image] kitty12: only for your personal records Not entirely correct: You can make casual observations appear on geographical maps. If you search, just un-tick “Verifiable”. On any observation page, use the “layers” (upper right of the map) and tick “Observations w/o media”. Same on a taxon…

[image] person: “The Amature Naturalist” by Gerald Durrell Have any of you read this?

If it is tiny, you can put it in the top of your pen then put the pen back in. That should hold it, so long as it isn’t a Bic - they have holes in the end of the top.

I read a few of his books when I was at school?

I didn’t know he had more, I’ll need to check that out!

I’m actually reading my old copy of The Amateur Naturalist now. It’s a great read and I still find it very useful. I’ve always wanted to have a work room like he has drawn. Still working towards that goal.

Same, my work room is literally just my bedroom, with specimens vials, jars, slides, boxes, supplies, books, you name it, hiding in just about every shelf, drawer, or wall space. And I have little desk space under my loft bed, so I thik I need to rearrange the terrariums! I’ve noticed that some of…

What to do in these odd scenarios faced with a difficult option of 'take it or leave it'?

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trickman April 28, 2021, 2:57am 5

Now that’s being resourceful.

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