Aowanda Holds Insect Specimen Making Workshop, Only Using "Window-Killed" Carcasses as Material
Aowanda National Forest Recreation Area will hold an insect investigation and specimen making workshop in May. The workshop includes professional lectures, field practice, and night ecological observation. Participants will not catch live insects for specimens, but instead use insect carcasses that died from "window-killing" or other accidents, promoting environmental friendliness while learning about insect ecology and specimen making techniques.
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(Central News Agency reporter Hsiao Po-yang, Nantou County 17th) Aowanda National Forest Recreation Area, rich in insect ecology, will hold an insect investigation and specimen making workshop in May. The workshop includes professional lectures, field practice, and night ecological observation. Participants will not catch live insects for specimens, but instead use insect carcasses that died from "window-killing" or other accidents.
To lead the public into the microscopic ecological world and understand the practicalities of scientific investigation, the Aowanda Nature Education Center of the Nantou Branch of the Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency, Ministry of Agriculture, will hold an insect investigation and specimen making workshop from May 16th to May 17th. Breaking away from traditional biology textbooks, it will lead participants into the forest. The course includes collection ethics, trap setting, specimen making, and night ecological observation.
The Nantou Branch of the Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency stated today that insects are the most numerous and diverse group in forest ecosystems and are important indicators of environmental change. To establish accurate local insect fauna, systematic scientific investigation is required. The workshop combines environmental friendliness with the balance of academic research, not catching live insects for specimens, but instead using insect carcasses that died from "window-killing" or other accidents within the park as practice material.
The Nantou Branch stated that professional instructors will guide participants in learning insect specimen softening techniques, delicate pinning and long-term preservation methods. Through standardized data recording processes, vanished lives will be transformed into scientifically valuable research records. Aowanda has long served as a core for environmental education promotion. This insect workshop connects the park's rich insect ecological resources, and through night observation, specimen practice, etc., allows participants to directly observe the most authentic survival of insects. (Editor: Chen Jen-hua) 1150417
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(Central News Agency reporter Hsiao Po-yang, Nantou County 17th) Aowanda National Forest Recreation Area, rich in insect ecology, will hold an insect investigation and specimen making workshop in May. The workshop includes professional lectures, field practice, and night ecological observation. Participants will not catch live insects for specimens, but instead use insect carcasses that died from "window-killing" or other accidents.
To lead the public into the microscopic ecological world and understand the practicalities of scientific investigation, the Aowanda Nature Education Center of the Nantou Branch of the Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency, Ministry of Agriculture, will hold an insect investigation and specimen making workshop from May 16th to May 17th. Breaking away from traditional biology textbooks, it will lead participants into the forest. The course includes collection ethics, trap setting, specimen making, and night ecological observation.
The Nantou Branch of the Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency stated today that insects are the most numerous and diverse group in forest ecosystems and are important indicators of environmental change. To establish accurate local insect fauna, systematic scientific investigation is required. The workshop combines environmental friendliness with the balance of academic research, not catching live insects for specimens, but instead using insect carcasses that died from "window-killing" or other accidents within the park as practice material.
The Nantou Branch stated that professional instructors will guide participants in learning insect specimen softening techniques, delicate pinning and long-term preservation methods. Through standardized data recording processes, vanished lives will be transformed into scientifically valuable research records. Aowanda has long served as a core for environmental education promotion. This insect workshop connects the park's rich insect ecological resources, and through night observation, specimen practice, etc., allows participants to directly observe the most authentic survival of insects. (Editor: Chen Jen-hua) 1150417
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