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How stag beetles became popular in Japan? (The first half) ?>

How stag beetles became popular in Japan? (The first half)

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In the previous post, I wrote that rhinoceros beetles became a popular pet in Japan in 1960’s. Then the next topic should be: When stag beetles became popular? As previous, I checked books that instruct how to care animals and insects from 1960’s to access this question. All the books shown here are accessible in the National Diet Library and the International Library of Children’s Literature in Tokyo (all written in Japanese). The history can be divided into 5 periods….

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Muh Sheng Museum of Entomology (Taiwan) ?>

Muh Sheng Museum of Entomology (Taiwan)

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Muh Sheng Museum of Entomology is at Puli, located in the center of Taiwan. The museum has numerous specimens like the Butterfly Palace of Taipei Chenggong High School. Its access is not easy compared to that of the high school. However, I would recommend it. I actually enjoyed the museum and its butterfly house. A river near the museum. The museum is not at the center of Puli city so it is surrounded by nature. Entrance. There is a butterfly…

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Insect Science Museum (Taiwan) ?>

Insect Science Museum (Taiwan)

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Today I introduce you a Taiwan museum where a huge number of specimens are collected. The museum is inside Taipei Chenggong High School. You can walk  from Shandao Temple Station (善導寺). The Butterfly Palace of Taipei Chenggong High School is a very large butterfly specimen exhibition hall in Taiwan, and also the largest museum of specimens in the world. The venue is rich in its collection of insects, including: butterflies, stag beetles, rhinoceros beetles, scarab beetles, moths and stick insects. There…

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Dandelion seed puffs preserved in resin ?>

Dandelion seed puffs preserved in resin

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In this post I will share you how to make dandelion seed puffs preserved in resin. This is a practice for me to make a stag beetle specimen in resin (P.S. please also see a stag beetle in a hemispherical resin). Below pictures are what I made.   Things to prepare ・Epoxy resin ・Silicone mold ・Release agent   * If you visit Japanese page of this post, you can check links for these products on Amazon.co.jp.   How to make it…

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Art and a stag beetle in Europe – “Lucanus cervus depictus” ?>

Art and a stag beetle in Europe – “Lucanus cervus depictus”

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I got a book “Lucanus cervus depictus”, which covers arts and culture with an European stag beetle “Lucanus cervus”. The book contains 239 beautiful pictures of art. The oldest one dates back to 4000 B.C. and the newest ones come to 21 st century. There are chapters of mythology, art, entomology and decoration/illustration. In the chapter of art, there are many arts with the stag beetle drawn in 16-18 st century. Previously I wrote that many Japanese (especially children) are…

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