• Develop leadership skills and practice good study habits.
• Learn about:
  • Insect damage to field crops, ornamentals, fruits, livestock, stored products, and homes.
  • Insects and public health, pesticides, and insect control methods.
• Learn to identify insects (by order, family, and common name).

Teams must qualify at an Area CDE, in order to attend the State CDE. Contact your county Extension Educator for more information.

Juniors and Seniors will have different quizzes. Multiple choice and/or true & false questions will be taken from the Resources listed below.

Juniors

• "How to Make an Awesome Insect Collection!" ID-401 – available at Entomology 4_H and Youth website (ID401) or order hardcopy (https://secure.agriculture.purdue.edu/store/).
• Awesome Insect Fact n’ Photo Cards (ID-415) –  available at Entomology 4_H and Youth website (http://extension.entm.purdue.edu/4hyouth/default.php?page=home) or order hardcopy (https://secure.agriculture.purdue.edu/store/).

 Seniors

• The Junior resources (see above)
• Purdue Entomology "E-Series" publications – List (Word, PDF). These publications are available on-line at: http://extension.entm.purdue.edu/publications.php

Other Resources:

• Nomenclature Question (Why do different resources use different orders for some insects?)
• New for 2009! New 4-H and Youth website from Purdue's Department of Entomology - This site is designed to provide Indiana's youth with a link to all of the entomological related programs offered. These include but are not limited to information on how to identify insects, how to create insect collections, special training activities, and other links of interest to youth and their leaders. It also provides sample quizzes for the Career Development Event (CDE).
• Entomology Extension, http://extension.entm.purdue.edu/publications.php
• Area Quizzes (2003, 2004, 2005, 2007)
• Insect Identification Answer sheet
• Contest guidelines are available in the Indiana 4-H Ag Judging Handbook, which is linked to the Judging homepage (top, above list of CDEs).

Contact your local Extension office for Area contest dates, to register, to ask about publications, or for more information.

Resources:

• Riker boxes: Bioquip or Google "riker mounts" and several suppliers will be listed. (The ones we use are black with glass tops.  They measure 4inches by 5 inches and are 3/4 inches thick.) 
• Purdue Entomology Extension
• An extensive collection of insect photographs, webpage