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rampartc

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7. i did that as a kid, in a gallon pickle jar

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #6)

Mon Jun 3, 2024, 05:19 AM

Jun 2024

covered with cheezecloth held on with a rubber band.

that is a great pre k (? i think very young anyway) project that i have not been able to replicate as an adult. i tend to leave the jars (which are now plastic milk gallons) in the sun a bit long. i imagine i am due some karma for that one.

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Will Insects Go Extinct & Take Us With Them? - Thom Hartmann [View all] Rhiannon12866 Jun 2024 OP

i am on my way to the garden right now rampartc Jun 2024 #1

I certainly hope that he's not the very last one! Rhiannon12866 Jun 2024 #2

i only found 1 rampartc Jun 2024 #4

When we were kids, my brother and I saved caterpillars, put them in jars with leaves and watched them build cocoons Rhiannon12866 Jun 2024 #6

i did that as a kid, in a gallon pickle jar rampartc Jun 2024 #7

I remember in first grade some kids brought in caterpillars like we had and one of got loose and I found it Rhiannon12866 Jun 2024 #8

"The Hellstrom Chronicle" (1971) John1956PA Jun 2024 #3

Looks like it's now the other way around, but we need each other Rhiannon12866 Jun 2024 #5

It's a great topic for light banter. Personally, I hope mosquitoes and fleas go first. Magoo48 Jun 2024 #9

I am pretty amazed Lulu KC Jun 2024 #10

Sadly, what you say is true. We appear intent on taking them all with us into dystopian wasteland. Magoo48 Jun 2024 #11