A boffin's guide to bug-hunting
Video presented by Nigel Fergusson
Ever hopped around your room in a panic, shoe in hand, duvet on head, struggling to catch a thumb-sized wasp that sounds like a jet fighter with engine trouble, before collapsing in defeat and praying it'll get it over with and sting you quickly? Join Museum entomologist Nigel Fergusson to find out how it's done. Using nets, traps, bait, cyanide, smoke and utter refusal to accept defeat, Nigel has captured thousands of insects at a time for the Museum's collections.
- Presented by: Nigel Fergusson
- Date: 08 January 2003
- Duration: 35:05
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