When I became interested in insects

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12.08.2008 21:34, Андреас

- Having been born in Ulan-Ude in the winter, in a military town - I had to watch cockroaches crawling on the blanket with blue ships that covered the upper bunks above my bunks every day for up to six months-I did not become a sailor.

- And at the age of 3, my grandfather, a biologist, brought me an album "Six-Legged Neighbors" with macro photos of insects and their fragments in particular. Instead of a lullaby, Fabre was read to me. The first book I read was Volume 1 of Planet Neighbors, about insects. I will never forget my first spring outings for ladybugs and soldier beetles!... - And the ghostly-mystical scoops that appear out of the August night in the lamplight, furry with phosphorescent eyes!
- And the sad creaking of October crickets in the yard!...
- How I missed my childhood friend-peer - "brother in mind"!
- In my youth, I was very lucky to meet the same outcast as me from a neighboring city! Because of him, stubborn - I had to "retrain from a bug-catcher to a butterfly-catcher". There are enough stories on the topic "entomology through the prism of vagrancy" for the book. Three years ago, he was gone... I haven't picked up a net since... - it hurts - every butterfly reminds you of it...
Now I'm back to the beetles again - thank God my younger brother is strong in the relevant taxonomy, although he left our business because of his professional occupation in scientific economics. My camera helps me a lot right now. - And this site is just like a ray of light in the dark realm for me!!! And with two other fellow countrymen who surfaced about 5 years ago, highly qualified specialists in lepidopterology, I parted ways because of the anti - Semitism of one, and threats regarding the division of sales markets for entomological souvenirs, of the other.
- Here is such a confession turned out... Excuse me, - I'm a little off topic

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14.08.2008 8:33, Bukashechnik

He was fond of animals in general, he started at the age of 4, his father was the director of the branch of the Tselinograd Agricultural Institute, often brought home various literature, sometimes visual aids for students-collections, wet preparations, etc. I sat and looked at everything. Then I found under a street lamp in the evening flew to the light of a black water lover and a ground beetle, which apparently came to hunt. I kept them at home for a long time, one in an aquarium, the other in a jar. The ground beetle then made a clutch, released larvae. After that, trips to the branch, Plavilshchikov, Fabr, then Marikovsky, and special literature began. Then transfer to Almaty, biofac, Master's degree in water beetles, Institute, protection of locusts-

. Then the collapse of the Institute, a new job, for a while abandoned entomology, only layers and boxes checked, well, palochnikov kept for interest. My 3-year-old son partially helped me get back, he looked at my boxes of insects and books with great interest, now we definitely take a "beetle jar" for a walk -

- such a plastic jar with a lid, we used to breed spiders in them, now we catch insects-

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05.09.2008 22:29, guest: rpanin

- But I was unlucky with entomological nicknames as a child... - Firstly, the name is too special, - you can't confuse it; - secondly, I was so adept at being inadequate in terms of perception and interpretation of the microcosm that any hostility and ridicule launched at me, - led me, if not to an explanation through my fist, when only this method of explaining it was acceptable, - then to a sophisticated and sophisticated approach. cynical moral pressure, leading a peer to repent and a fervent desire to follow in my footsteps; - to which I, who won, retorted, - that entomology is the path of the chosen ones!

As a child, I volunteered to organize yard trips to the vegetable base to catch butterflies on rotten fruit. And responded to the rattle Swallowtail.

22.10.2008 9:05, Lilas

I became interested very early, in the summer I exterminated all the "bugs" that caught my eye. Heh, I remember how I spread butterflies at the age of 7: I put them on a pin, and put pebbles and tin on my wings. But my children's "collection" was enthusiastically received in the biology room. But at the age of 12, there was a turning point-a trip to Ukraine; first, my pupa was thrown out by a cleaning lady, calling it mold

, I was not at a loss and went in search of a new caterpillar. In general, a year later, in the spring, I had a gorgeous Samia cynthia sitting on my window! I straightened it very well, but while it was drying , it was devoured by a cat... This was followed by a five-hour tantrum, and apparently on a nervous basis, I stopped perceiving insects. Of course, I was always tempted to catch someone, but only if they showed up, and I wasn't looking for them purposefully. And once in the village I found a caterpillar called Cossus cossus, proudly showed it to everyone, put it in a large glass jug, but forgot to close it. I was very upset that the caterpillar escaped, but my relatives, having learned that the "monster" was crawling somewhere on the terrace, gave it to me)
For the last 3 years, I have not been interested in anything, I tried my hand at music, photography, and many other things, but nothing gave me such pleasure as insects( And just in September of this year I went to the Butterfly House; it was something: my breath caught and I felt absolute happiness - I have never experienced such emotions before. It is a pity, of course, that the epiphany came so late, but " Better late than never!"
And many thanks to the forum and its inhabitants: a lot of interesting information!

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23.10.2008 0:32, Transilvania

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For me, everything is equally interesting – both animals and plants. But I have a special aching love for insects in the fall;=) Now every day I meet bear caterpillars on the road and transplant them to the side of the road before passers-by and cars are crushed.
As a child, I moved from place to place, and everywhere biology teachers were such that it would be better if they did not exist at all. I remember when in the 11th grade I said that I was going to the biofactory faculty, the teacher was surprised:
"Why not a medical exam?" This IS MORE USEFUL.
"Spider beetles?" - classmates laughed, all gathered as one to study "for lawyers" and "accountants".
Since I was a child, I dragged voles, chickadees, fillies, and dragonfly larvae into the house. My parents didn't mind. Even encouraged. I have the right mother-she loves spiders, frogs, etc. Although she is not a biologist.
Every summer I spent with my grandmother on the Sea of Azov, where I was on my own – I went to the library, rode a bicycle along the sea, watched birds and insects. Sometimes I took butterflies out of pupae, sometimes I "trained" bears, but I was especially interested in dragonflies… I even built a cage for them to observe their behavior. I still adore dragonflies, and sometimes they reciprocate;=)
I only read books about nature, and I also watched relevant films. I think that those who organize shooting parties in the spring haven't watched the movie about Karik and Valya.
However, I did not collect anyone, I was always interested in the behavior of animals. When my grandfather caught me a huge saturnia, I was a little depressed – like a keepsake, but it's still alive… Grandpa is gone, and Saturnia is still standing in my transparent box on the shelf ...
Yes, thanks to all the forum participants, I don't even know where I would have found so much useful information.

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25.12.2008 17:50, Ma Mantis

I also discovered the" call of nature " in my deep childhood. I confess with shame, at first I conducted various chemical-physical-sadistic experiments on insects (and not only), then collected a collection of butterflies. Sorry, brutally tortured, if you can

. Then I gradually switched to an interest in anatomy and behavior. Now insects are most interesting to me in the ethological aspect. Interest in childhood arose spontaneously, no one pushed. My family from my menagerie (everything-I'll-catch-in-cans-and-go-home-to-live) was just creepy, they taught us to put it mildly ... even my friends don't understand my interest in "this stuff". But they respect you. At a distance. I was also interested in physics, but I really wanted to become a biofactor - entomologist. But our uncles and aunts there are greedy, they want money. After a few extra courses at uni before entering, we felt it oh so much. It didn't work out any shorter, although despite the atrocities I had a passing grade, they said that I didn't pass. Well, let them be ashamed of themselves. But since I also respect physics, I went to radiophysics as a biophysicist. There was always less competition for physical education, no money was required, and I studied completely free of charge, and I received an increased stepukha. I'm a mutant

now, and neither a biologist nor a physicist. But insects, it seems - love to the grave. Thank you to the forum and its inhabitants!

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17.01.2009 12:03, taler

I came to entomology at an advanced age.After serving in the IMF (Israeli Army), he fell into a severe depression in civilian life.There were attempts to return,but the train had already left.A year later,in an extremely depressed state, I went to an army psychologist with the topic " help, doctor, I urgently need to kill someone,I don't have enough adrenaline."The doctor, as it turned out, was not the first time faced with such a problem,and immediately suggested to walk more.In response, I objected that the 2nd from my unit had already had a good time in Goa and it was clearly not good for them.Then I was asked not just to go for a walk,but to combine it with hunting, naturally, photo hunting.But if you have to hunt, then with trophies.The first exit attracted me and for 4 years now I have been enthusiastically collecting a collection.I'm overwhelmed and I don't want to give up this case.Even pulled on the scientific path

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02.06.2009 11:47, vizioner

It is interesting to read who started collecting when... I have, like many people, the beginning in 6 years, the first book Le Cartoon (well, another desktop book. my father's gift is a "School atlas - identification of butterflies" author-Cornelio, sort of.
The first interest is a random io.
But there was also this moment:
When I was 6, in June I was in Kerch with my parents, and near the grocery store in a pile of garbage with ants I found a " giant "as it seemed to me" saturnia puri " and under the impression I took it with me. So I "stuck" to the butterflies.
The second serious impression was left by a hike with friends in the Kolomenskoye district, s / w Sergievskoye (Muscovites probably know such a place), where I stayed with my grandmother every summer, to the local sewage treatment plants. The bottom line is that all the walls of the sewage treatment plant buildings were painted with lime,and powerful lamps were burning around and on the walls .at night, it seemed that many giant and not so many butterflies flocked, and if you had a dexterity better than the numerous surrounding sparrows, you could catch quite a lot of interesting things. A special impression in this place was left by the hawk moth.
After school-I had to forget about entomology for a long time - moving,studying....work, foreign cities... The material collected in those years.lost,eaten by leatherworms, turned to ash all over. The points found once were far away. But a couple of years ago, I took up this interesting business again!

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01.07.2009 22:11, гундоров

I've been on the forum since this year only,a lot of interesting information.Super-read
yesterday's and today's fishing reports.Communication with colleagues gives an impetus to engage
in entomology-to continue.I started catching insects in the first grade.
There was a very limited team in Saratov at that time.Many people have seen the book of Kumaks-Kites "Lepidoptera
of the Saratov region".There was no Internet-communication by mail-a letter back
and forth for 2-3 weeks.In the 8th grade, my parents let me go to Moscow alone.
A small boy came to visit Vladimir Sergeyevich Murzin in 1986.He spent
the whole day on me.Showed the collection and slides.Delight.A mongoose runs around the apartment-
his son brought it from the tropics.If I didn't meet interesting people in those years
, what about my hobby?
And who held Romanov's books in their hands(and in those years)?Who saw them live today?

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06.12.2009 17:19, sergey nyu

I'm creating another survey. It is extremely interesting when most people have a craving for insects, and whether the statement "entomologists do not become, entomologists are born!" is true. If anyone remembers how it all started, write to us. If this topic has already been discussed, I apologize. But it seems that such a topic was not created separately .

My interest in insects began at the age of 4-5, mainly due to my father, who took us to gather insects in the area of our city. It was then that I learned how to spread butterflies and beetles and label them. Unfortunately, since the age of 12, my interest in it gradually faded and I started to see it again at the age of 50. 2008 and 2009 (summer period) I collected material in the area of my city (Stavropol), and then in the mountains of Karachay-Cherkessia.

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