The monarch breeding cycle and migration path was found in the same way basically by just amateur naturalists all banding together to tag and document them and report them back to a guy that was compiling all the information. So any information is important.
Rachel & Jun's Adventures! Yeah it is! In the British Isles (where I’m from), the islands are an important stop for migrating birds, but we needed to know where they were going and how many returned. So the same thing happened, they recorded the birds that arrived (by picture) and tagged them with radio collars! So know they know where these beautiful species go and if they need help and what kind of environments that needs to be reserved for the birds every year. Rachel, you should make an amateur naturalist channel! It would be so much fun!
Rachel & Jun's Adventures! This was actually very entertaining to watch! I used to like taking pictures of bugs when I was in high school and took an elective in photography, makes me wanna do it again! For funsies lol 🐞
Citizen science is always a super neat thing to participate in! Oftentimes one of the hardest things as a biologist is getting enough data for research, so the fact that people who happen to have an interest in this sort of thing can help gather that data is super cool.
I sat and watched a spider repair its web on my patio door. I became quite protective and even used a different door to get into the garden 😂 I love your enthusiasm for this subject 👏👏👏
haha yeah I loved that comment too xD as a little extra info on this lopic. A lot of insects like have several (most often 5) different growth stages or 'instars' before they're an adult by developing more and more everytime they molt. So if it's a juvenile or sub-adult it will really look like an adult but some details can be different. Like growing full wings is often a final 'evolution' in the metamorphosis ;) google life cycle locust for instance for some cool overviews of how they change. On top of that some locusts will change colour depending on how many there are together. If they're alone they have their solitary form and when they're swarming together they have their gregarious form :) have fun bug hunting! * nerd mode off * * flies away *
Do these things in highschool = Nerd Do these things as an adult = Coolest adult Don't worry kids, one day your hobbies will be cool and you'll find friends with the same interest 👍
It was a horrifying experience to find a funnel web spider when I was visiting friends. One big gigantic male spider popped out and started flashing his pedapalps in an agression/fear response. We packed him into a deli cup after scooping him in with cardboard for the local hospital. I don't know if they still have a shortage of antivenom but at the time their were concerns about an acute shortage. Unfortunately only the males are large enough for venom extraction although the females are deadly but, as implied , are too small to reasonably harvest.
This is probably gonna be the weirdest comparison I've ever made, but watching Rachel and Jun's videos is like playing Animal Crossing - it's all about enjoying the little things! hahaha
i think everyone has discovered, been taught something from a video game. Vice City and Mafia II sparked my interest in classic funk, R&B and rock and roll music.
I think it's SO important to understand and document animals / plant species. In the late 1800s, early 1900s people were going crazy around Christmas time, shooting & killing birds and other wildlife. Over killing and definitely making the populations decline to where people realized this was happening. Some people decided instead to have a Christmas COUNT instead of a Christmas shoot, to count all the birds they could see instead of shooting them. It started out with maybe a dozen bird watchers and there's now thousands and thousands of people counting birds during Christmas time! It's something great that all started out because one guy determined that killing all these birds is not okay. Even though you're just one raindrop, you can definitely make a difference!
This is the beautiful relaxing content I originally subscribed for ^^ I remember one of the first videos of you I saw: Jun filmed you, as you walked through the rice fields on a sunny summer day. It was the epitome of beautiful.
It's funny how you're scared of bugs but you're also fascinated by them. Most people would just flinch away from them or kill them without a second thought. You're a very thoughtful person, that's what makes you so cool.
Thanks for the site! Had this picture from 2014 of a cute slug I was curious for so long about what specific thing it was. Here's the observation www.inaturalist.org/observations/9727410 !
Rachel I think you're the best TH-camr for Japan at the moment. You care so much about things, the nature and the people of Japan. So respectful and you upload a lot. I'm moving to Japan next year and your videos just make me want to move more.
I definitely appreciate how you always give us shots of plants and animals in your videos. I agree. That's one of the draws of all different locations: their own wildlife.
I'm glad to learn of this website. I garden the summer and get bunches of pictures of what I find in my yard. Now I have something valuable to do with them!
Hi Rachel, you really inspire me. You went from being fearful to learning so much and being curious about what you were afraid of. And now you are helping them and showing how amazing the insects are. I am very excited to start using this website, thank you! 😊
Thank you for sharing these experiences with us. This means a lot. My day has gotten better. I might try the naturalist web page. I might learn something.
I really appreciate you putting the ad at the end so your viewers don’t have it interrupting the video. I love you so much Rachel, I don’t care if you fill your videos up with ads. I’m willing to support you and Jun if it’s just like 30 seconds of my life each video :D
first part of the video: new ideia for filming/awesome new hobby. Second part of the video: Rachel talking to insects the same way she does to her cats.
I love this video so much. My kids and I watch bugs do their thing all the time. The kiddos aren't scared of bugs at all and it makes for some fun conversations.
I'm so happy your blessing us with more videos. Even if it is about bugs, it was still so enjoyable. I love watching people get so excited over something. I think that's why i love your channels so much, you always seem to be in a good mood. If i have any free time (after work, school and all that jazz) i'll definitely try this out. I used to go around identifying different types of plants and trees where i live, but haven't had the time for it and it isn't very fun to keep that knowledge to yourself. Maybe i'll check out the bugs haha
I love so much when people show that kind of interest and curiosity, and contributing to scientific knowledge without asking for anything in return. Keep it up, if everyone did the same, the world would be so much better.
!!! Hobby research is my favorite thing!! I love learning about the different things people find fascinating!! Birdwatching is my go to whenever I move and I still feel accomplished identifying a bird even if it's all been done before
Thank you so much for the website suggestion! I've just moved and flora/fauna spotting sounds like a really fun thing to do while I walk my dog in new areas! :D
I was so wrapped up in you looking for the locus looking bug that when jun walked in behind you I jumped. Your enthusiasm for looking for bug information is contagious and infectious.
Could you guys make a Learning channel? I am in Japanese Classes But your channels help a ton with learning (Since you guys switch in and out of English and speak really good English) I told my teacher about it and now Every Wednesday we watch your videos! Could you make like a Japanese Learning Channel! Where you guys teach basic Japanese. It would be super helpful
I doubt they have have the time, expertise, or money to make a channel like that. They would probably make more money teaching English in Japan than they would off such a TH-cam channel. I recommend looking into things like local community college classes, meetup groups, italki, duolingo, etc. instead to expand your language skills. In middle school I found a local Japanese weekend school and went to that. There's lots of options.
This is so awesome! You totally got me into trying the site and I posted my first observation, a jumping spider 😃 I’m afraid of bugs, but this makes it so interesting and a lot better for me. Thanks, Rachel! 😊👍🏻
Thanks so much for showcasing this website! This is so cool. I’m currently looking at plant and wildlife in my area that I normally don’t notice! Really makes you appreciate the world around you :)
I'm not very fond of bugs, but this was honestly such a cute and wholesome video. Your encouragement of the bugs when you were out exploring gives me life.
Best video I've seen in a long time, your enthusiasm is what I want in my life! Your a beautiful soul Rachel you and Jun are amazingly wonderful people!
I absolutely love this video! It is exactly what I do when I hang out with friends, I tend to run off because I've seen a cool invertebrate, bird or fish, snap a photo and try to identify it on my way home. If I can't identify it myself using the internet and books that I have at home, I would go to work (I also happen to work at a museum) and use some of their resources to look up what I have seen. If I can't do it alone I go talk to some of the scientists and they help me identify what I have found. They are always keen on seeing what people have found and they even recommend using iNaturalist to log finds so that data can be used in research and conservation efforts. So another place to get organisms identified are museums, where museums (at least the ones in Australia) have an enquiries section where you can email in pictures or drop by with a specimen (dead, alive, droppings, cocoons etc.) and people like me will help identify what organisms people have found. Even wandering around the museum and looking at specimens on display have helped people identify what they have been seeing in their backyard or out on a bush walk.
The plantseeds stick to you (or animals passing by) so that they get brought to other places easily and make new plants! I love clever ways that nature works out everything 😍😍.
I really loved this video, it was super chill to listen to you talk about something you enjoy and ended up being really interesting. I really liked it!
Awe Rachel, your repulse for bugs was turned into something beautiful. Learning more about them helped transform the bugs' strangeness into something harmless and cute. Thank you, the video had great images of all the bugs you encountered.😄
Have you ever tried Galaxy Zoo? It's a website where you can help scientists go through immages of space to help find comments, planets, and stuff! It's really cool! There also used to be one with old cencus data written in cursive, and you helped to identify dates and words that we're washed out or faded.
Thank you for sharing this site! I am also into figuring out different wildlife in my area, especially since I have moved around so much. I mostly go bird watching but I have taken pictures of the occasional weird looking bug. Plus, awesome footage of all of those insects you found.
I love inaturalist! We used it for a prairie restoration project to increase invert populations in the grass as well as aquatic inverts. Plus catching dragonflys is fun. Lol
I'm also an enthusiast for insects and arachnids currently, and even trying my hands on keeping a tarantula! Thanks for sharing us this website, I honestly can't wait when I go around mountaineering again or the sorts to find all kinds of bugs.
This is so interesting! I think it's really fun to hear you guys talk about what interests you, and I find bugs really interesting too even though I'm a little bit scared, like you. I also love these long videos from you guys, it's like hanging out with a friend ❤.
Thank you so much for sharing this! I'm just the same, I've always been scared of bugs but found that finding out exactly what they are made me less scared. I also love taking picture of nature and wildlife but never knew what to do with the photos so I'm super excited about using the site! AND it contributes to science! Can't get much better!!
I'm really scared of bugs and they freak me totally out! But it was so cute to see you geek out over those bugs and I actually like dragonflies and the fly was fascinating too.
I'm going to use this, I love the idea, I downloaded the app on my phone and a few people in my city in England have uploaded some pictures. It will be a perfect little hobby in Spring when the birds and bugs come back.
Currently I'm a social media and digital marketer, but as a kid I always loved bugs and wanted to be an entomologist so I really loved this video, thanks Rachel 💕
Heck yeah! I've been observing insects for years now but never signed up to actually contribute because I couldn't find a good place to. Thanks Rachel!
Strangely, I can completely relate to this video. When I lived in Japan, I got into insect photography and did the same thing! I'd go on walks and search around plants to take photos of them and try to ID them. I don't know a ton about insects, so I did a lot of googling and asked around on a bug club website and sometimes people could identify them. Definitely a lot of fun!
The monarch breeding cycle and migration path was found in the same way basically by just amateur naturalists all banding together to tag and document them and report them back to a guy that was compiling all the information. So any information is important.
That is awesome!!
Rachel & Jun's Adventures! Yeah it is! In the British Isles (where I’m from), the islands are an important stop for migrating birds, but we needed to know where they were going and how many returned. So the same thing happened, they recorded the birds that arrived (by picture) and tagged them with radio collars! So know they know where these beautiful species go and if they need help and what kind of environments that needs to be reserved for the birds every year. Rachel, you should make an amateur naturalist channel! It would be so much fun!
ᏆᎾᏗᎣᎭ O.
Candy Santillo I’m semi-confused by what this means... but ok!
YES!
Such a cool story.
I know this is out of left field but seriously, it really is just so much fun
Rachel & Jun's Adventures! i love you guys’ youtube channel!!!
Rachel & Jun's Adventures! This was actually very entertaining to watch! I used to like taking pictures of bugs when I was in high school and took an elective in photography, makes me wanna do it again! For funsies lol 🐞
haha i used to use bugguide.net all the time for lab XD
I just noticed that you do not have any ear lobes😔😔
I’ve just come back from a hike to midnight thing and am exhausted, and now you’re sneakily trying to make me go outside again! Gosh darn you Rachel!
Citizen science is always a super neat thing to participate in! Oftentimes one of the hardest things as a biologist is getting enough data for research, so the fact that people who happen to have an interest in this sort of thing can help gather that data is super cool.
I need someone as encouraging as Rachel is being toward that spider spinning her web
Olivia Hawks keep at it, you're a hard worker. 👍 Be the best version of yourself.
See the spider
Smell the spider
BE the spider
You can do it, friend!
I sat and watched a spider repair its web on my patio door. I became quite protective and even used a different door to get into the garden 😂 I love your enthusiasm for this subject 👏👏👏
Linda Tait That's a hell no for me, I hate spiders.
I hate when your legs just fall off
god that's the worst
haha yeah I loved that comment too xD as a little extra info on this lopic. A lot of insects like have several (most often 5) different growth stages or 'instars' before they're an adult by developing more and more everytime they molt. So if it's a juvenile or sub-adult it will really look like an adult but some details can be different. Like growing full wings is often a final 'evolution' in the metamorphosis ;) google life cycle locust for instance for some cool overviews of how they change. On top of that some locusts will change colour depending on how many there are together. If they're alone they have their solitary form and when they're swarming together they have their gregarious form :) have fun bug hunting! * nerd mode off * * flies away *
Unnecessary, yet necessary. Give this nerd a trophy.
Do these things in highschool = Nerd
Do these things as an adult = Coolest adult
Don't worry kids, one day your hobbies will be cool and you'll find friends with the same interest 👍
Helvetica09, that is sooooo true!!!!
Troof! I was so baffled in high school why people weren't thrilled about this stuff. Now I know it's because I was trapped in small town, America.
im 32, can confirm not true, at least not for me
I wish researching what bugs are what worked to reassure me here in Australia. Instead it just increases the trauma...
Kathleen M I can only imagine......
Wear a full plate armour and claymore to go take bug fotos
😂😂 same for me here in South Africa
does it go like "oh who is that he's cute- oh ,oh. he can kill me. I'll run now"??? that's what I imagine living in Australia is like.
It was a horrifying experience to find a funnel web spider when I was visiting friends. One big gigantic male spider popped out and started flashing his pedapalps in an agression/fear response. We packed him into a deli cup after scooping him in with cardboard for the local hospital.
I don't know if they still have a shortage of antivenom but at the time their were concerns about an acute shortage. Unfortunately only the males are large enough for venom extraction although the females are deadly but, as implied , are too small to reasonably harvest.
This is probably gonna be the weirdest comparison I've ever made, but watching Rachel and Jun's videos is like playing Animal Crossing - it's all about enjoying the little things! hahaha
mikeinthemiddle ahhh yessss
so cute and kinda weirdly true haha
This is the best description of Rachel and Jun's channels ever.
hahaha yay - I'm not crazy for saying that haha Thanks for the reassurance! :)
mikeinthemiddle Yes, I love animal crossing.
Jun is the cat stalker in the relationship while Rachel is the bug stalker
Love...finds a way.
That is the best thumbnail I've ever read haha
I could watch that spider weaving forever! So cool!
This video bugs me.
DonicsM XD XD oh the puns. XD
Were you impressed? I made it up on the... fly. XD
Okay I'm out of puns.
Haha you made my day
I actually recognized some of the bugs because of animal crossing. xD
voopu same! This is AC the real life edition ;)
Omg I just thought the same haha
cute avatar you have..
voopu OMG SAMEEE
i think everyone has discovered, been taught something from a video game. Vice City and Mafia II sparked my interest in classic funk, R&B and rock and roll music.
Hahaha, "I like...stairs"
I think it's SO important to understand and document animals / plant species. In the late 1800s, early 1900s people were going crazy around Christmas time, shooting & killing birds and other wildlife. Over killing and definitely making the populations decline to where people realized this was happening. Some people decided instead to have a Christmas COUNT instead of a Christmas shoot, to count all the birds they could see instead of shooting them. It started out with maybe a dozen bird watchers and there's now thousands and thousands of people counting birds during Christmas time! It's something great that all started out because one guy determined that killing all these birds is not okay. Even though you're just one raindrop, you can definitely make a difference!
The meow sensors are my favorite
I thought I heard a meow!
This was quite relaxing to watch! Somehow, made me think of Animal Crossing^^
This is the beautiful relaxing content I originally subscribed for ^^ I remember one of the first videos of you I saw: Jun filmed you, as you walked through the rice fields on a sunny summer day. It was the epitome of beautiful.
The footage is amazing. The pictures are so clear and neat, as if I’m watching these bugs in real life... I admire that.
It's funny how you're scared of bugs but you're also fascinated by them.
Most people would just flinch away from them or kill them without a second thought.
You're a very thoughtful person, that's what makes you so cool.
So... Just like Jun likes to follow cats around, Rachel likes to follow bugs... XD
I'm like Jun, if I see a kitty on the street and he's friendly, I'M PETTING IT! :D
huntakilla1234 Me too haha. On my walk to school, if a cat walks up to me I can't help but pet it and then I'm covered in their fur...
Thanks for the site! Had this picture from 2014 of a cute slug I was curious for so long about what specific thing it was. Here's the observation www.inaturalist.org/observations/9727410 !
It's so cute!
daTenshi This is funny because I also have a picture of a mystery slug that I found in Scotland!
Something about your makeup looks different. It's not a bad different. It's really pretty. It's the eyeshadow in think. It opens up your eyes.
I thought that her false eyelashes were falling of at the out side esp the right eye one? Eye shadow definitely different and nice too.
I don't wear false eyelashes lol
Those are my actual eyelashes...
Rachel & Jun's Adventures! Man. I'm so jealous. I got blonde eyelashes to go with blonde ass hair. I wish I had your eyelashes.
I prefer this look as Well! Very pretty
NOT Jensen Ackles she missing lipstick 💄 and her bang is too long.
Even Japanese spiders are hard workers...
Skeptical Eye are you a Rick and Morty fan?0
Yes, I am.
English spiders are lazy they just invade people's home because they get cold instead of making a Web.
This was super calmimg to watch! The music &the pacing really work well together :)
Rachel I think you're the best TH-camr for Japan at the moment. You care so much about things, the nature and the people of Japan. So respectful and you upload a lot. I'm moving to Japan next year and your videos just make me want to move more.
It's really cute how enthusiastic you are about the little bugs! It makes me want to go out and look at them too!
I definitely appreciate how you always give us shots of plants and animals in your videos. I agree. That's one of the draws of all different locations: their own wildlife.
I'm glad to learn of this website. I garden the summer and get bunches of pictures of what I find in my yard. Now I have something valuable to do with them!
You make-up looks really good! The colours compliment your hair.😍
Yeah, there's something about this video, she looks absolutely incredible! Like a freaking model
Hi Rachel, you really inspire me. You went from being fearful to learning so much and being curious about what you were afraid of. And now you are helping them and showing how amazing the insects are. I am very excited to start using this website, thank you! 😊
i like how you guys find ways to appreciate nature while making videos and taking care of your cats it’s pretttty neat
Thank you for sharing these experiences with us. This means a lot. My day has gotten better. I might try the naturalist web page. I might learn something.
This video is too pure. I'm jealous of how good your close up shots of bugs are! Mine can never focus just right!
killing me right from the start with that opening shot
Pokemon Snap: Rachel Edition
Came here to make the same remark! Rachel would be a very dedicated Pokemon photographer :)
It took me a hot sec to figure out why you look different haha, but your hair looks so nice like this!
*Sings Australian anthem while riding a kangaroo followed by the most deadly spiders in the world*
I really appreciate you putting the ad at the end so your viewers don’t have it interrupting the video. I love you so much Rachel, I don’t care if you fill your videos up with ads. I’m willing to support you and Jun if it’s just like 30 seconds of my life each video :D
first part of the video: new ideia for filming/awesome new hobby. Second part of the video: Rachel talking to insects the same way she does to her cats.
I love this video so much. My kids and I watch bugs do their thing all the time. The kiddos aren't scared of bugs at all and it makes for some fun conversations.
Dragonflies are so curious that one flew into my cousins mouth :D
ThatOneMochii Bon appetit
Duchesse de Berne 😂
Ew omg that happened to someone i know & she didn't know what to do so she panicked and bit down on it
I’d cry
Oh no, the poor dragonflies in this thread
My grandpa and I call those green things on ur jeans "pega pega" which basically means sticky sticky in Spanish
That is the BEST name for burs ever! I'm definitely calling them pega pega from now on.
I 100% understand the fascination. I love doing this with cat and dog breeds and figuring out the mixes or guessing the breeds.
I'm so happy your blessing us with more videos. Even if it is about bugs, it was still so enjoyable. I love watching people get so excited over something. I think that's why i love your channels so much, you always seem to be in a good mood. If i have any free time (after work, school and all that jazz) i'll definitely try this out. I used to go around identifying different types of plants and trees where i live, but haven't had the time for it and it isn't very fun to keep that knowledge to yourself. Maybe i'll check out the bugs haha
I love so much when people show that kind of interest and curiosity, and contributing to scientific knowledge without asking for anything in return. Keep it up, if everyone did the same, the world would be so much better.
!!! Hobby research is my favorite thing!! I love learning about the different things people find fascinating!! Birdwatching is my go to whenever I move and I still feel accomplished identifying a bird even if it's all been done before
I could have watched that spider spinning all day. So relaxing and cool!
Thank you so much for the website suggestion! I've just moved and flora/fauna spotting sounds like a really fun thing to do while I walk my dog in new areas! :D
I feel at peace with this video😁 i love your videos they are always fun & interesting to watch
I was so wrapped up in you looking for the locus looking bug that when jun walked in behind you I jumped. Your enthusiasm for looking for bug information is contagious and infectious.
This is so cool. I love seeing bugs from all over. When I was in Japan I feel like all the bugs I saw were HUGE
Your makeup in this is so soft and pretty oh my gosh.
We are witnessing Rachel evolving from a young girl to a mature woman with full of knowledge and wisdom.
Could you guys make a Learning channel? I am in Japanese Classes But your channels help a ton with learning (Since you guys switch in and out of English and speak really good English) I told my teacher about it and now Every Wednesday we watch your videos! Could you make like a Japanese Learning Channel! Where you guys teach basic Japanese. It would be super helpful
I doubt they have have the time, expertise, or money to make a channel like that. They would probably make more money teaching English in Japan than they would off such a TH-cam channel. I recommend looking into things like local community college classes, meetup groups, italki, duolingo, etc. instead to expand your language skills. In middle school I found a local Japanese weekend school and went to that. There's lots of options.
This is so awesome! You totally got me into trying the site and I posted my first observation, a jumping spider 😃 I’m afraid of bugs, but this makes it so interesting and a lot better for me. Thanks, Rachel! 😊👍🏻
Everytime I watch one of their videos, I immediately start smiling.💕
"Uh-oh, I'm getting attacked by click bait", your thumbnail is *flawless*
Thanks so much for showcasing this website! This is so cool. I’m currently looking at plant and wildlife in my area that I normally don’t notice! Really makes you appreciate the world around you :)
I'm not very fond of bugs, but this was honestly such a cute and wholesome video. Your encouragement of the bugs when you were out exploring gives me life.
That thumbnail killed me😂😊
Best video I've seen in a long time, your enthusiasm is what I want in my life! Your a beautiful soul Rachel you and Jun are amazingly wonderful people!
I love this video so darned much~ thank you for sharing all your bug enthusiasm haha!
The pictures are so BOMB!!! Definitely makes me wanna check out bugs a little closer now since they close up, they look so pretty. XD
I absolutely love this video! It is exactly what I do when I hang out with friends, I tend to run off because I've seen a cool invertebrate, bird or fish, snap a photo and try to identify it on my way home. If I can't identify it myself using the internet and books that I have at home, I would go to work (I also happen to work at a museum) and use some of their resources to look up what I have seen. If I can't do it alone I go talk to some of the scientists and they help me identify what I have found. They are always keen on seeing what people have found and they even recommend using iNaturalist to log finds so that data can be used in research and conservation efforts.
So another place to get organisms identified are museums, where museums (at least the ones in Australia) have an enquiries section where you can email in pictures or drop by with a specimen (dead, alive, droppings, cocoons etc.) and people like me will help identify what organisms people have found. Even wandering around the museum and looking at specimens on display have helped people identify what they have been seeing in their backyard or out on a bush walk.
The plantseeds stick to you (or animals passing by) so that they get brought to other places easily and make new plants! I love clever ways that nature works out everything 😍😍.
I’m so glad I watched this! Wildlife photography is my hobby and I had no idea that this website existed! I will definitely be using this. Thanks!
I really loved this video, it was super chill to listen to you talk about something you enjoy and ended up being really interesting. I really liked it!
This video is so cute, Rachel just embracing childlike curiosity and fascination of bugs the entire video.
Awe Rachel, your repulse for bugs was turned into something beautiful. Learning more about them helped transform the bugs' strangeness into something harmless and cute. Thank you, the video had great images of all the bugs you encountered.😄
Have you ever tried Galaxy Zoo? It's a website where you can help scientists go through immages of space to help find comments, planets, and stuff! It's really cool! There also used to be one with old cencus data written in cursive, and you helped to identify dates and words that we're washed out or faded.
Going looking for bugs and making photos of them to ID them sounds like so much fun!!
Very exciting site! Can't wait to get many bug and plant pics identified I've always wondered about
Thank you for sharing this site! I am also into figuring out different wildlife in my area, especially since I have moved around so much. I mostly go bird watching but I have taken pictures of the occasional weird looking bug. Plus, awesome footage of all of those insects you found.
I love inaturalist! We used it for a prairie restoration project to increase invert populations in the grass as well as aquatic inverts. Plus catching dragonflys is fun. Lol
I adore your eyeshadow this video!
I'm also an enthusiast for insects and arachnids currently, and even trying my hands on keeping a tarantula! Thanks for sharing us this website, I honestly can't wait when I go around mountaineering again or the sorts to find all kinds of bugs.
This is so interesting! I think it's really fun to hear you guys talk about what interests you, and I find bugs really interesting too even though I'm a little bit scared, like you. I also love these long videos from you guys, it's like hanging out with a friend ❤.
Thank you so much for sharing this! I'm just the same, I've always been scared of bugs but found that finding out exactly what they are made me less scared. I also love taking picture of nature and wildlife but never knew what to do with the photos so I'm super excited about using the site! AND it contributes to science! Can't get much better!!
It’s 1:00 in the morning here and I’m watching Rachel and Jun WORTH IT
Love the kitty beginning - will click regardless of bugs LOL
I'm really scared of bugs and they freak me totally out! But it was so cute to see you geek out over those bugs and I actually like dragonflies and the fly was fascinating too.
I’m an entomologist and have been following your channels for several years so this was my favorite episode :)
This is so cool! I love bugs and taking pictures of them but it usually takes me weeks to find out what they are
Thanks Rachel this will help me find some fancy bugs I was curious about near me but had no idea how to go about trying to find it.
Clicking on these notifications really helps boost my reaction time
Lol as I saw all the bug pictures I was laughing and thinking it was like Pokemon Snap!
This was actually pretty inspiring, thank you for uploading this!
I somehow really enjoyed this!
I'm not really a bug person myself, but this kinda opened my eyes!
Thank you very much for this!
I'm going to use this, I love the idea, I downloaded the app on my phone and a few people in my city in England have uploaded some pictures. It will be a perfect little hobby in Spring when the birds and bugs come back.
Currently I'm a social media and digital marketer, but as a kid I always loved bugs and wanted to be an entomologist so I really loved this video, thanks Rachel 💕
This is such a nice video. 😊 I'm not a fan of bugs either, but your closeups actually didn't freak me out. Also A+ thumbnail.
so amazing being able to see the spider spinning her web like that :000
Rachel, your makeup in this video is absolutely gorgeous! Oh, it suits you so much. 🌸🌸🌸
Heck yeah! I've been observing insects for years now but never signed up to actually contribute because I couldn't find a good place to. Thanks Rachel!
I aboslutely loved this video. Please do more ! or maybe a blog or something!
Strangely, I can completely relate to this video. When I lived in Japan, I got into insect photography and did the same thing! I'd go on walks and search around plants to take photos of them and try to ID them. I don't know a ton about insects, so I did a lot of googling and asked around on a bug club website and sometimes people could identify them. Definitely a lot of fun!
I love this. I cope with my bug fear the same way!
wow, this is exactly the kind of thing i've been looking for! thank you!