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MERIT BADGES
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"A"
American Business
American Culture
American Heritage
American Labor
Animal Science
Archaeology
Archery
Architecture
Art
Astronomy
Athletics
Atomic Energy
Auto Mechanics
Aviation

"B"
Backpacking
Basketry
Bird Study
Bugling

"C"
Camping
Canoeing
Chemistry
Cinematography
Citizenship Community*
Citizenship Nation*
Citizenship World*
Climbing
Coin Collecting
Collections
Communications*
Computers
Cooking
Crime Prevention
Cycling*

"D"
Dentistry
Disability Awareness
Dog Care
Drafting

"E"
Electricity
Electronics
Emergency Preparedness**
Energy
Engineering
Entrepreneurship
Environmental Science*

"F"
Family Life*
Farm Mechanics
Fingerprinting
Fire Safety
First Aid*
Fish & Wildlife Mgmt.
Fishing
Fly Fishing
Forestry

"G"
Gardening
Genealogy
Geology
Golf
Graphic Arts

"H"
Hiking
Home Repairs
Horsemanship

"I"
Indian Lore
Insect Studies

"J"
Journalism

"K"

"L"
Landscape Architecture
Law
Leatherwork
Lifesaving**

"M"
Mammal Study
Medicine
Metalwork
Model Design & Building
Motorboating
Music

"N"
Nature

"O"
Oceanography
Orienteering

"P"
Painting
Personal Fitness**
Personal Management*
Pets
Photography
Pioneering
Plant Science
Plumbing
Pottery
Public Health
Public Speaking
Pulp and Paper

"Q"

"R"
Radio
Railroading
Reading
Reptile & Amphibian Study
Rifle Shooting
Rowing

"S"
Safety
Salesmanship
Scholarship
Sculpture
Shotgun Shooting
Skating
Skiing
Small Boat Sailing
Soil & Water Conservation
Space Exploration
Sports**
Stamp Collecting
Surveying
Swimming**

"T"
Textile
Theatre
Traffic Safety
Truck Transportation

"U"

"V"
Veterinary Medicine

"W"
Water Skiing
Weather
Whitewater
Wilderness Survival
Wood Carving
Woodwork

"X"
"Y"
"Z"

 
insect_studies.gif (6516 bytes)  Insect Studies
Requirements 1993
  1. Tell how insects are different from all other animals. Show the differences among insects, centipedes, and spiders.
  2. Point out and name the main parts of an insect.
  3. Collect and mount 50 different species.* Include 6 orders and 18 families of insects. Label each with common and scientific names where possible.
  4. Describe the things that distinguish each of the families and orders in your collection.
  5. Show your collection.
  6. Compare the life histories of a butterfly and a grasshopper. Tell how they are different.
  7. Raise a butterfly or moth from a caterpillar.
  8. Tell the things that make social insects different from solitary insects.
  9. Collect and watch an ant colony or a beehive. Tell that you saw.
  10. From your collection, identify:
    1. Four species of insects helpful to people. Tell how they are helpful.
    2. Six species of harmful insects. Tell how they can be controlled.
  11. Tell how insects fit in the food chains of other insects, fish, birds, and mammals.

    *NOTE: Some insects are endangered species and are protected by federal and state law. Be sure to check in advance to make sure that anything you collect is not protected.
 

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