After enthusiastic and skilled swishing of the net for bug collection along our transect, Alan Boldon, founder of the Arts and Ecology MA at Dartington closely examines bugs in his bug-catchers' net.
Enthralled by the "pooter" (a small plastic pot with two straws used to capture small bugs), Alicia shows her recently pooted bug to Alan. Alicia quickly developed expert pooting technique and was sorry when pooting time was over.
After several false atempts we managed to get each of the five different bugs from Alan's net, into a jar with a magnifying lid, one after the other. We discovered beautiful qualities with the magnifying glass: iridescent colors, delicate wings, a transparent body. We released each bug carefully with increased appreciation and wonder at the buzzing beauty that is so often dismissed.
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