A very Happy New Year from the HOPE team at the Museum of Natural History. Here are the answers to our Crunchy on the outside Christmas Quiz which we posted on 21 December:
January: Bombuslapidarius
February: Amber
March: Erica McAlister
April: Game of Life Cycles
May: Sotiria Boutsi
June: A pooter
July: Vomit all over you!
August: Ladybirds
September: The Ivy Mining Bee, Colletes hederae
October: Harcourt Arboretum
November: Flies
December: Mistletoe
How many did you get right? Whatever your score, we hope you enjoyed our blog over the past year and we look forward to bringing you more news about amazing insects, the wonderful people who work with them, new things at the Museum, and fun things to make and do in 2023.
This year, our Christmas quiz features 12 questions about the Crunchy on the Outside blog, one for each month of the past year. Don’t worry if you have only just started reading the blog because we’ve included a link to each of the articles. It’s just a bit of fun; we’ll post the answers in the New Year.
January: What is the scientific name of the red-tailed bumblebee found by Lincoln Kwong?
In February, researcher Ricardo Pérez-de la Fuente told us about a substance that can preserve insects for millions of years. What is it?
Who did Kate interview for this post in March? They told us about their favourite insect, the Bee-fly.
To round off an eventful year here at Crunchy on the Outside, we have put together a quiz for you combining our two favourite things: Insects and Christmas!
There are ten questions in the video. Each of the answers is formed by smashing together the two clues. One clue is about insects, the other about Christmas. We’ve included a couple of examples at the start to help you get the hang of it. Don’t worry if a question seems tricky, it’s just for fun and we’ve included some clues below.
Clues
The scientific name of this insect is Colletes hederae.