Bring us your Bugs

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What 'bugs' do you have around your home, local park, or creek?

Would you like to know what they are?

Bring them along and we'll identify them and give you some great bug gear!

What is Bring us your Bugs?

Researchers from UniSA and the South Australian Museum are collecting live invertebrates (animals without backbones) from the 'wilds' of Adelaide - anything that flies, crawls, slithers, slides, swims or burrows - and YOU can help! We want to find out what invertebrates we have living around us!

When and where was it?

Bring us your Bugs was held for a second time on the front lawns of the South Australian Museum on Wednesday October 7, 2009, from 8.30am to 12 noon.

What PRIZES are there?

Bring along a live invertebrate and you'll receive a "Bug Bag" with loads of fun and helpful bug gear, including:

a magnifying glass
native plant seeds
a bug toy
Sun Protecting lip balm from Burt's Bees

a booklet on "Creating a Wildlife Friendly Garden"
a booklet on "Australian Harmful Arachnids"
a fruit slice
and MORE

There'll also be loads of extra prizes, including Gift Vouchers for the South Australian Museum and certificates for collectors who bring in any of our MOST WANTED bugs:


Click here to download a factsheet about dragonflies	Click here to download a factsheet about fleas	Click here to download a factsheet about garden mantids

Click here to download a factsheet about giant earthworms	Click here to download a factsheet about lice	Click here to download a factsheet about onychophorans

Click here to download a factsheet about raspy crickets	Click here to download a factsheet about silverfish	Click here to download a factsheet about springtails

Click here to download a factsheet about waterbears		Download the flyer(pdf)

Who (and what) will be there?

There will be bug experts available to identify your bugs from the South Australian Museum, UniSA, the Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Natural Resource Management Board, and the South Australian Research and Development Institute. There will also be:

An agricultural pest display by the South Australian Research and Development Institute
A waterbug display by the Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Natural Resource Management Board
A bakyard wildlife display by the Urban Forest Biodiversity Program
A working beehive (safely behind glass) by the Beekeepers Society of South Australia
A Butterfly Garden display courtesy of State Flora Belair Nursery

What should you bring?

The bugs can be butterflies, moths, beetles, earwigs, spiders, slaters, snails, worms, or any other invertebrates you can find. They need to be brought to the Museum alive, in a suitable container (e.g. jam jar), ideally with some 'habitat' from where they were found (i.e. leaf of a tree, soil, leaf-litter). The Museum will retain all the bugs and they may go into the Museum collection or be photographed for a publication. Dont forget, there'll be extra prizes, including Gift Vouchers for the South Australian Museum and certificates for collectors who bring in any of our MOST WANTED bugs.

Want more information?

View our useful factsheets by clicking on the images below

Collecting bugs	Bug collections	Attracting bugs

Click here for Collecting bugs	Click here for Bug collections	Click here for Attracting bugs
Adelaide bug list	Butterfly gardening	Event Flyer

Click here for Adelaide bug list	Click here for Butterfly gardening	Download the flyer(pdf)