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This page has details of the first Bring us your Bugs event, held in January, 2009

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!

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When was the first Bring us your Bugs?

Bring us your Bugs was held on the front lawns of the South Australian Museum on Thursday 22nd January, 2009, from 8.30am to 12 noon. The event was broadcast by 891 ABC Adelaide.

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What PRIZES were there?

People who brought bugs in were rewarded with a "Bug Bag" with loads of fun and helpful bug gear, including:

a model bug
a stretchable bug toy
a honey and oat snack bar
bug stickers
Honey lip balm from Burt's Bees

a booklet on "Creating a Wildlife Friendly Garden"
a UniSA pen
an ECO shopping bag
"Backyards 4 wildlife" sticker
and MORE

There were also loads of extra prizes, including Gift Vouchers for the South Australian Museum and certificates for collectors who brought in:

Unusual bugs
Large or tiny bugs
Colourful and amazing bugs
Ugly bugs

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Who (and what) was there?

There were bug experts available to identify your bugs from the South Australian Museum, UniSA, and the Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Natural Resource Management Board
Matthew Abraham and David Bevan from the 891 ABC Adelaide Morning Program talked with the public and interviewed the experts!
A waterbug display was set up by the Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Natural Resource Management Board
A working beehive (safely behind glass) was set up by the Beekeepers Society of South Australia
A Butterfly Garden display was set up courtesy of State Flora Belair Nursery

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