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Available for Checkout from Ecology Explorers

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Maximum Checkout – 1 month

Microclimate Exploration Kit

  • 1 – 50 meter tape measure
  • 6 Thermometers
  • 1 Soil Thermometer
  • 1 box of 6 timers
  • 1 roll of flagging tape

Ground Arthropod Investigation Kit

  • The Practical Entomologist by Rick Imes
  • Bug Watching with Charles Henry Turner by Michael Elsohn Ross
  • Entomology by Ellen Doris
  • An Introduction to the Study of Insects by Borror, Triplehorn, & Johnson
  • Insect Metamorphosis Display
  • Insect Comparison Display
  • Insect Transparencies
  • Identification Key
  • 6 Insect viewers
  • 1 Linen Tester
  • 10 Hand lenses
  • 9 Specimen Jars
  • 15 Petri Dishes
  • Large Plastic Arthropods – stag beetle, scorpion, cat flea, black widow, lubber grasshopper

Bruchid Beetle Investigation Kit

  • 15 Petri Dishes
  • 10 Hand Lenses
  • 1 Linen Tester
  • 6 Bug Viewers
  • 16 Specimen Jars
  • 16 Rulers
  • Bruchid beetle and blue palo verde pictures and key

Bird Identification Kit

  • 7 4X30 Bushnell Binoculars
  • 1 10×25 Bushnell Binoculars
  • 7 Pocket Naturalist – Phoenix Bird Guides
  • National Geographic Field Guide to North America
  • Birds of Phoenix and Maricopa County
  • 4 Easy Field Guides to Common Desert Birds

Plant Investigation Kit

  • 1 Plant Press
  • 4 Easy Field Guides to Common Trees of Arizona
  • A Field Guide to the Plants of Arizona
  • Shrubs and Trees of the Southwest Desert
  • Western Garden Book
  • Plant Transparencies
  • 50 Meter Tape Measure