Having just obtained a device to convert slides to digital, thought this series might be of interest- originals taken many years ago before legal protection. My wife used to take school parties to a Norfolk centre where the marshmen (reedcutters) would give her the occasional chrysalis which they had rescued. We had virtually 100% success and would release the adults at the same site the following spring.
It does enable otherwise almost impossible pics.
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Lovely pictures! Maybe they didn't need legal protection when the marshmen looked after them...
I've helped school children rear butterflies and moths too - it can be a very significant experience for them, seeing the wonder and vulnerability of the whole process. Providing the insects are respected and treated as ends in themselves, not as means to an end (learning, or worse, some ghastly Key Stage) everyone benefits.
Guy
I've helped school children rear butterflies and moths too - it can be a very significant experience for them, seeing the wonder and vulnerability of the whole process. Providing the insects are respected and treated as ends in themselves, not as means to an end (learning, or worse, some ghastly Key Stage) everyone benefits.
Guy