Kayla, Joshua and I have created a bug hunting ritual into our summer daily lives. When weather permits, not rainning or too hot, we take a little walk on our farm or to "Larry's Lane" to look for bugs. We sometimes also find interesting creatures in our herb garden. Our rule is simple: If it looks scary, (like a spider, or something that we don't recognize) leave it where you find it. I always bring my camera and document our findings so we can remember what we saw.
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This blog is to showcase our findings, some whom we left in nature, some whom made it to our bug catcher for a short trip home and release later at the end of the day, lastly some whom we kept a little longer for observation. No animals are purposely harmed during this adventure, occasionally just a little smoothered by Joshua and we try our best to return every creature to their home just as we found them.


Wednesday, August 6, 2008

A day in a bug hunters life

Always wear comfortable clothes and bring your gears. Here is the infamous "Larry's Lane" and today we are joined by Cassie, the black lab. Usually the leader scouts one side, the photographer on the other side and the assistant can go on either sides.In the middle of the field, our backyard.
Don't forget your bug containers for safe travel of the animals.
Bug hunters are equipped with their "good eyes" to see the very small and quick animals.
Here's our bug leader in action, most probably there is a grasshopper under that hand.

Now slowly open the top latch and drop the bug without letting it go or squishing it.
If you click on the picture you might be able to see that there are a lot of grasshoppers in that bug catcher.


Lastly, observe the specimen. Our popular catch are toads and grashoppers. We release them at night so they can go home to their parents.

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