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Cjkowalcz wrote:I was a little disappointed with our entomology test because there were many insects that weren't on our list like June Bugs and tons more

that sucks
I searched it up and it's really tricky
June bugs/June beetles are in the scarabaeidae family
but on the official list they only generalize it as dung beetles and not the other insects it includes
I think that the test shouldn't have asked that question

I think since they're in Scarabaeidae, they should be allowed to be on the test. On the rules though, it says the insects are limited to the ones on the list only. There shouldn't be ones aren't on the list.

So yeah, you should know June Bugs. No doubt about that.

Any thoughts on highlighting the info about families in field guides? (I use Audubon)
I have just been highlighting stuff about ID, impact, habitat, mating/life cycle, and seasons.

caseyotis wrote:So yeah, you should know June Bugs. No doubt about that.

I'm not saying that I didn't know what a June Bug was. I just didn't know the page that I could find them and wasted a lot of time finding them

~Random Story~
Once my ento partner took the book (that I spent forever tabbing with perfect spacing and color patterns) to cram it, and he forgot to bring it to the competition T_T
I nearly threw my magnifying glass at him xD

Cjkowalcz wrote:

caseyotis wrote:So yeah, you should know June Bugs. No doubt about that.

I'm not saying that I didn't know what a June Bug was. I just didn't know the page that I could find them and wasted a lot of time finding them

I'm sorry, I'm a bit confused. Isn't that was the index is for?
IDs shouldn't need the book. Defining characteristics on all Scarabeidae are on a June bug, right? I'm sorry, I don't do Coleoptera.

caseyotis wrote:

Cjkowalcz wrote:

caseyotis wrote:So yeah, you should know June Bugs. No doubt about that.

I'm not saying that I didn't know what a June Bug was. I just didn't know the page that I could find them and wasted a lot of time finding them

I'm sorry, I'm a bit confused. Isn't that was the index is for?
IDs shouldn't need the book. Defining characteristics on all Scarabeidae are on a June bug, right? I'm sorry, I don't do Coleoptera.

Yeah, IDing a June bug should be pretty easily known as a Scarabaeidae. Knowing the exact species name or facts about it requires some cheat sheet or field guide searching, unless you're one of those people who memorizes facts about the most common bugs in each family.

Mortem_Haedo wrote:~Random Story~
Once my ento partner took the book (that I spent forever tabbing with perfect spacing and color patterns) to cram it, and he forgot to bring it to the competition T_T
I nearly threw my magnifying glass at him xD

Hahaha The first test I took, my partner and I didn't know we could bring in a field guide, so we just had a (really low-quality) notes page and the insect list (we convinced the proctor to let us bring it because it was a "commercially published resource" )
The test was way too easy though even without a guide...

How heavily have your tournaments weighted random Audubon facts? Did any of your tests accidentally ask for genus and species (not as a tiebreaker)? Any insects that were off the list?