• Corn Earworm eggs/larvae*
• plastic cups with lids*
• diet for the larvae*
• 1 paintbrush
• 1 triple beam balance / scale
• 1 dissecting microscope or hand lens
• 1 thermometer
• worksheets
• 1 fine tip permanent marker
• 1 flashlight

• 1 to 2 large jars (2-liter soda bottles work well)
• tweezers (soft)
• dentist wicks (cotton)
• moth diet (mix one part sugar to nine parts of distilled water)
• paper towels
• rubber bands
• 4 masks
• graph paper

Other useful materials if available:

• camera for documenting steps, differences in specimens, or any special occurrences in the process
• black light to view the ultraviolet colors that the flowers use to attract and guide the moths, and to view the variance in pigmentation in the eyes