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dragons790 wrote:Does anyone know if the images they ask us to identify are limited to the species in the book?

On the rules it says questions(all questions) are limited to the orders and families on the list, any species in them is fair game. I've seen pictures from different sources and pinned insects too on tests that aren't mentioned in the book ever but we're still expected to know. The Audubon is just what the list order and the names are from, and what the arbitrary questions refer to since Ento is so... You know. It's hard to have one permanent record.

ceg7654 wrote:

dragons790 wrote:Does anyone know if the images they ask us to identify are limited to the species in the book?

On the rules it says questions(all questions) are limited to the orders and families on the list, any species in them is fair game. I've seen pictures from different sources and pinned insects too on tests that aren't mentioned in the book ever but we're still expected to know. The Audubon is just what the list order and the names are from, and what the arbitrary questions refer to since Ento is so... You know. It's hard to have one permanent record.

Thanks!

Wait do we have to know insects down to the species?
I have just been studying the family....

SOnerd wrote:Wait do we have to know insects down to the species?
I have just been studying the family....

Some particular species have certain facts that need to be studied(economic/environmental impact, etc.) so some of them. And you should know the most famous/common/well known ones as well. For example, you should know stuff about monarchs in Danaidae. On my invitational test about a third of the questions were all stuff like "Describe the Monarch butterfly's migration pattern", "What is this species used for in Asia", stuff like that. Not every single species needs to be studied but you shouldn't limit your knowledge to purely family.

Has anyone noticed whether their tests have been primarily based on Audobon information? Or if they have had any questions asked that are not stated in the Audobon?

Yes, my regional test was solely based on the Audobon. It is good to study from it.

They do definitely have some Audubon stuff, but they also always have some stuff that isn't in it. Don't limit your study materials to just the book that they suggest. I had one test that had only five questions that could be answered with the Audubon, but the rest of the non-ID questions I could answer easily with the NWF(which I ended up bringing in with me to the competition).

What it is the NWF

embokim wrote:What it is the NWF

National Wildlife Federation guide. It's like the Audubon, but organized differently.

SOnerd wrote:

embokim wrote:What it is the NWF

National Wildlife Federation guide. It's like the Audubon, but organized differently.

Personally, I like it a lot better because it's so much easier to tab, and the info is right next to a picture of the bug. There are some differences in names, categorization, and order of the two(Audubon and NWF) but it's easy to catch and write in so you won't get confused. There's also lots of extra families, so I highlight the families I need and I never go accidentally looking in a family I don't need to study.