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Slapping, Swearing, Itching, Scratching Mosquito Bait
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: pennsylvania,usa
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Bridget, after I wrote it I realized you probably collect the caterpillars and not the adults.
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Butterfly Educator Extraordinaire
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Ventnor City, New Jersey, USA
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Yes, I have some bonsai, but not as many as I used to have. They require constant work and attention. I have so many other interests, I couldn't keep up with them. Gave a bunch away.
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Butterfly Educator Extraordinaire
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Ventnor City, New Jersey, USA
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WG Hospitality & UAOKA recipient
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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I had an interest in bonsai in my late teens or early twenties. I started some, but never kept up with it--I let the willows grow instead of keeping them dwarfed. Did you create the bonsai yourself or maintain ones that were already started? |
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Official Plant Nerd
Join Date: Dec 2008
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ButterflyLinda> "I had a teacher in middle school that had us killing and mounting insects for a little insect collection." I can totally see that kind of a project for kids. It's not gonna be for every kid but it's got its merits. This is the kinda thing I've got a problem with. Look at that moth. It's out of the gene pool now but it's on somebody's wall whose a "nature lover"???
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Official Plant Nerd
Join Date: Dec 2008
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The bats.... even though they're not native.... fry me. It's really bizarre and twisted how if these were kittens or even cute little chipmunks mounted behind glass everyone would be screaming bloody murder but.... mount a bat and sell it for a hundred bucks and nobody seems to care. And.... I really don't have any problems with anyone mounting a big buck for wall art just as long as somebody ate the meat and used the hide for something. Trophy hunters are another story....
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Salamander
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Texas
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Yeah, I have to admit, that insect collection did get me interested in insects. Children usually respond better to projects where they can use their hands...more than reading a book, listening to the teacher talk, etc.
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#18 |
Rock Star
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Piedmont area NJ USA
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Equil, It is very sad to see what people are willing to buy and collect and make a living at selling.
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Official Plant Nerd
Join Date: Dec 2008
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I'm glad I wasn't the only one who was disturbed. The guy's daughter was manning the booth with him. He was doing his salesman pitch thingie and she was collecting the money. She asked me why I was taking the photos. I told her. She said it got to her too but it was her dad. I felt bad for her. Her body language said she was being up front with me and she even asked someone to move so I could get a clear shot of one of the bats.
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butterfly, butterfly net, capture, capturing, educating, education, insect projects, kids, learn, learning, mounting insects, nets, proeject, projects, teach, teaching |
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