Entomology Career Development Event (CDE) objectives:
- 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 and common name) and arthropos relatives of
insects (by common name and class).
Teams must qualify
at an Area CDE, in order to attend the State CDE.
Resources:
- Purdue Extension Booklet
4-H 764 (revised 1991), "How to Study, Collect, Preserve,
and Identify Insects"
- Purdue Entomology
"E-Series" - Contests
held in EVEN years will include questions on:
Field Crop Insects, Stored Product Insects, Pesticides, Vegetable
Insects, and Fruit Insects ----- Contests held in ODD
years will include questions on:: Household and Public
Health Insects, Livestock, Ornamental Insects, and Miscellaneous.
These res
- Area Quizzes (2003,
2004, 2005)
& Keys (2003, 2004,
2005)
- Insect Identification
Answer sheet
- Listing
of Common Names and Order/Class
- 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:
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