4-H CLUB INSECT MANUAL \\ 



LOCATE INSECTS IN WINTER QUARTEKS 



[Tenth, meeting — November] 



Equipment : 



1. Notebook and pencil. 



2. Bulletins, as an aid in identifying insects. 



3. Hoe, pick, or shovel to uncover insects. 

 Procedure : 



1. Locate hibernating insects under loose bark of trees, in crevices in 



bark, clumps of grass, under rubbish or plant refuse, in soil, etc. 



2. Make notes on insects — kinds, when and where found. 



REPORTS ON WORK AND LITERATURE REFERENCES 



[Eleventh meeting — December] 



Equipment : 



1. Collection and any notes that member may have. 



2. Book, farm paper, newspaper, or bulletin carrying some unusual or 



interesting story about an insect. 

 Procedure : 



Each club member — 



1. Tells name of the insects in his or her collection. 



2. Tells what he or she knows about each insect in collection. 



3. Names book or bulletin where information was obtained 



4. Tells in his own words an interesting story about an insect, and 



his source of information. 



DISCUSSION ON LIFE CYCLE OF INSECTS 



[Twelfth meeting — January] 



Equipment : 



1. Book, bulletin, or paper giving life history of some insect. 

 Procedure : 



1. Each member reports on life of some insect. 

 a. Its name. 

 6. The plant or animal on which it feeds. 



c. How it feeds (chews or sucks). 



d. Kind of life cycle, complete or incomplete. 



e. Where it spends the winter. 



SCIENTIFIC NAMES OF INSECTS 



Some boys and girls may want to know more about the technical 

 names of insects or the relationship of one insect to another. In the 

 description accompanying the pictures, the scientific name of the insect 

 is given. For example, the scientific name of the red-legged grass- 

 hopper shown on page 13 is Melanoplus femur-ruhrum. For classi- 

 fication purposes, other larger divisions such as orders and families 

 are also used. No reference is made to families in the description, but 

 the order to which the insect belongs appears under the discussion of 

 the first insect in the group, if not under each insect. 



The following chart shows how the technical name of an insect is 

 used in classification. Remember that in the order Homoptera there 

 are many more families, genera, and species than are shown here. In 

 the family Aphiiclae (plant lice) five genera are listed, each of which 

 has certain characteristics in common. One finds on close examina- 

 tion, however, that in each of the genera are individuals differing in 

 character, so these are placed under species, as we see, for example, 

 under "Aphis." 



