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Dung Beetles
Dung beetles are incredibly strong. Watch this video showing a dung beetle wrestling its ball of dung uphill and then burying it underground. With its larva inside, the dung provide sustenance for the emerging larva. Web Links The Dance of … Continue reading
Crickets
Here’s everything you need to know about breeding crickets. This 10 minute film shows the life cycle of crickets from the female laying her eggs to the adult stage. Web Links MagicBox Cricket InfoA short video that describes different kinds … Continue reading
Beneficial Bugs
Navigate the ladybug through different garden mazes for some online fun. Web Links San Diego Zoo: LadybugsAll about these helpful, hungry insects. Nature’s AmazingA Youtube video of ladybugs with lots of fun facts and photographs. Praying MantisWatch this amazing video … Continue reading
Bug Defenses
In this game, first you build your bug then you add stuff to help your bug survive the swamp crossing. Web Links 10 Amazing TacticsBugs can be display some inventive ways to stay alive and escape predators. Some simple rely … Continue reading
Ants
The world outside the ant colony is rumored to have plentiful food. Figure out the best angle to launch the hero ant on the leaf sling so he will travel as far as possible. Web Links Amazing Ant FactsThis video … Continue reading
Houseflies
Watch the video as a housefly lands inside a venus fly trap. It starts to feed and then quick as a flash … Web Links Get the BuzzFind out all you need to know about the common housefly. Did you … Continue reading
Burrowing Bugs
The trapdoor spider’s underground burrow has a hinged lid. It lies in wait and ambushes its prey. Web Links Feeding a trapdoor spiderThe trapdoor spider’s specialty is in ambushing prey. Hidden down in the ground, it then jumps out and … Continue reading
Cockroaches
In Madagascar there’s a cockroach as big as a mouse. It’s defense mechanism is to hiss at you. Web Links Natural History MuseumCockroaches exist all over the world except in the polar regions. Read about some of the cockroach record … Continue reading
Bug Careers
Check out this video describing the job of an entomologist. Web Links Entomology Outreach in Schools“Spending time talking to kids about Entomology is ALWAYS worth it.” So starts the blog Kids Like Bugs written by two entomologists at McGill University … Continue reading
Butterflies
In song and illustration we can learn how an egg can change into a beautiful butterfly. Web Links The Children’s Butterfly SiteThis site has links, coloring pages, FAQs, photographs, learning tools, stories and even a link to The Lepidopterist’s Society. … Continue reading
