Some of them are harder to "collect" than others:
Posted on 03/24/2017 3:22:21 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
In two rooms of Charles and Lois O’Brien’s modest home in Tucson, Arizona, more than a million insects – a collection worth an estimated $10m – rest in tombs of glass and homemade shelving. They come from every continent and corner of the world, gathered over almost six decades; a bug story that began as a love story. He remembers the roaches fondly – “I fed them and they helped me eat” “It was sort of an Indiana Jones life for Charley,” Lois said. “It’s been a wonderful life for me
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Some of them are harder to "collect" than others:
Wee-vil, Wee-vil rock you!!
Years ago, in the early 70s, Mr. Mercat and I stayed with some friends of friends in Austin TX.... one night but I could not stand it more than that. The place smelled of roaches. They were everywhere, in bags of food, in the toilet. The place was filthy. There was not a single place where I wanted to sleep. Finally we swept out the living room which had a hardwood floor and slept in our sleeping bags on the floor.
But by all means, threaten, shake down and take away a Cardinal and an Eagle feather that a Cub Scout FOUND and was FOOLISH enough to bring to school for ‘Show and Tell.’
Yes. This happened in our state. It STILL burns me up! That kid had an awesome feather collection; all FOUND. No birds even knew they were MISSING a single feather.
Yeesh! OK. I’m done.
Nice that they donated their bugs, though.
Freedom from BUGS is the main reason I will never leave the Frozen Tundra of Wisconsin!
Kill them with ice, LOL!
Try an organic restaurant.
*shivers*
$10 a bug? Whoa! We had to collect 100 insect specimens in our backyard in high school bio to get an A. I wonder where my collection is? Pardon me while I go root around in the basement.
In my day ('67), we used raw, unadulterated Carbon Tetrachloride to gas our bugs. Fortunately, what we didn't know couldn't harm us...
Carbon tetrachloride is one of the most potent hepatotoxins (toxic to the liver), so much so that it is widely used in scientific research to evaluate hepatoprotective agents. Exposure to high concentrations of carbon tetrachloride (including vapor) can affect the central nervous system, degenerate the liver and kidneys, and prolonged exposure may lead to coma or death. Chronic exposure to carbon tetrachloride can cause liver and kidney damage and could result in cancer.
A very sweet and loving couple, and a long happy marriage too. Great story.
I remember those days. We used to use Carbona, a readily available form of Carbon tetrachloride which which was the major cleaning fluid and spot remover of that time. It was also the main ingredient of brake cleaner.
Now that’s a hoarding of a different color!
OH MY!
I have a couple of trail cams around the garden, so far nothing like that one?
Mostly coons, skunks, rabbits, possums... and a bazillon pictures of our dogs.
Must be the dogs are keeping that thing away?
“Hey! I’m workin’ back here! You want I should take care of the giant wasps or don’cha?”
I've never seen another walking stick. A praying mantis.
I don't know if I was ever exposed to carbon tetrachloride or not. I wasn't too happy when I found out about which kind of Salk vaccine I got.
We had a carbon tetrachloride fire extinguisher in our high school. It was a clear glass globe. Don’t know if it was ever used, but the high school died about 10 years after I graduated.
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