Insects are My Life

The children had a wonderful time today searching through the woods and fields of the Audubon for insects.  Our future entomologists identified several species of insects hiding under decaying logs and trees and had several opportunities to "catch" insects that creep, hop and fly. Although we conducted a "tick check" after our field trip, please be sure to look one more time!

Thank you so much to the parents who were able to help supervise and learn alongside with our class today.

We found pill bugs, beetles, ants, spiders and even a salamander!

A true BUG has an orange color and an X on its back.

The children reviewed the characteristics of an insect... compound eyes, head, thorax, abdomen, 6 legs and an exoskeleton!

A brown field spider indulges in a cricket for lunch!

Colin adds the exoskeleton to our insect drawing!

Catching insects in the air and on land was so much fun!