Hi!
My daughter just completed her 4H Entomology project for our upcoming North Idaho Fair.
We're so proud of her, I just wanted to show it off to you all.
She's still a Cloverbud so she isn't competing with the big kids yet.
Carolyn
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Wow! That's awesome! Emma should be very proud of herself. I hope she wins a huge blue ribbon.
She did an awesome job Caribou!
Pass along a big congrats from everybody on the forum. ;)
Mike
Fantastic job,
that is definitely blue ribbon work!
Congrats on a job well done!
Thanks guys!
Carolyn
Cool stuff! Can you make jerky out of the big ones?
Great looking project your daughter has put together. Giver her my congrats along with all the rest on the forum!
Quote from: Ka Honu on August 12, 2009, 05:30:42 PM
Cool stuff! Can you make jerky out of the big ones?
Hum...never thought of that KaHonu!
Might be hard to stick a pin in them after being smoked! :D :D :D
Carolyn
Could be a market niche there - CaroJunior's 'Fly Chips.
If she can't compete with the big kids enter that project in the open class. That looks like one of them big Purple Ribbon projects. The great big ones that say "I'm going to State"
You'all have way to many bugs in your back yard!!!
KaHonu! You can be our ad agent! :D
10.5, Her group leader has suggested entering her project in open class but then it won't be displayed in the 4H barn with the other entomology kids.
I'm letting her make up her mind on it and so far she wants to have it in the 4H barn. I think I'll rehash the idea of putting in open before the entry deadline.
She is quite the insect collector, my freezer is already full of containers of insects. We live in a forested area and there's all kinds of insects creeping around.
We host 4H bug hunts on our property because we have such a good variety of stuff to catch.
Carolyn
The collection is impressive! I am going to have to show it to my kids when I get home. They are going to be jealous.
Wow what a collection and display. She should be doing entomology for fly fishers. What a great looking display. You should be a very proud Mama.
That is great , you must be extremely proud of her!
Brad
Quote from: Tenpoint5 on August 12, 2009, 07:33:20 PM
You'all have way to many bugs in your back yard!!!
When I showed my husband he said "they have to many bugs there". He has forgotten that we once had a bug collector :D
He thinks it is great though.
WOWSERS
Way cool project. Very nice collection.
So There ;D
nepas
Thats a job well done your daughter should take the blue
Gotta make a mama proud
really cool!!! you both should be very proud. :)
Gadfrey Daniel!! We sure didn't so anything that nice when I was in 4H centuries ago. Outstanding job young lady.
Tom
Thanks everyone!
I'm reading your accolades to Emma, she's glowing with pride!
She originally joined 4H to show poultry but got drawn to entomology because she was already an insect lover.
It's so fun, we all get involved in picking up insects when we see them. My folks live in CA and had an infestation of termites and collected some for her.
We told them to put them in a container and freeze them, which is the recommended way to kill them "humanely" :D
I'll post some pics of her pinning them when she does some more, it's like taxidermy on a very small scale.
Carolyn
I'll check to see if any of our butterfly's here are different. My butterfly bush is past peak but it's still drawing quite a crowd.
That would be cool Deb!
What we do so the butterflies don't beat themselves up, is place a piece of paper towel at the bottom of the container for them to sit on before putting the container in the freezer.
Thanks!
Carolyn
WOW! That is one neat display. Congrats to her.
When I first saw the display the first thing that hit me was "Silence of the Lambs" I must be loosing it.
Oh ya and by the way you better get some clothes on those chickens before the winter rolls in....... ;D
Quote from: Roadking on August 13, 2009, 12:13:22 PM
Oh ya and by the way you better get some clothes on those chickens before the winter rolls in....... ;D
Carolyn,
I would be more then willing to wrap them in a bacon overcoat and keep them warm in my smoker....I would even make it pleasant smelling for them with some hickory pucks. No need to thank me.....always ready to help a forum member in need!! ::)
Ray
Quote from: rdevous on August 13, 2009, 09:40:34 PM
Quote from: Roadking on August 13, 2009, 12:13:22 PM
Oh ya and by the way you better get some clothes on those chickens before the winter rolls in....... ;D
Carolyn,
I would be more then willing to wrap them in a bacon overcoat and keep them warm in my smoker....I would even make it pleasant smelling for them with some hickory pucks. No need to thank me.....always ready to help a forum member in need!! ::)
Ray
:D :D :D
Sorry, but those guys entered the food chain a couple months ago, they were crowing too much! ;)
I just processed 3 roasting chickens that dressed out at 7.5, 8 and 6.5 pounds. It would take more than a pound of bacon to wrap one of them up!
Carolyn
A-a-a-a-a-h....poor things and I thought they were pets ;) ::) ::)
Very nice project!