The Day Of Bugs
A bright yellow and black wasp came buzzing through camp to say wake up; it is morning. He looked around for something sweet around our flowered tablecloth; finding nothing he flew off. These guys are the good wasps as they attack the black widow spiders. We found a mess of web and thought about the black widow as she spins a cobweb of no pattern and that is what we found; maybe the mud dauber was looking for her.
When we got back from our hike down to the creek we had a visitor sitting on one of the chairs: a walking stick. They are mild insects (Insects have six legs and spiders have eight) and would make a good pet. They were astrobugs; they went into space four different mission. The first was back in 1972, the Apollo mission. They flew with the Russians and Americans in 1975, the Apollo-Soyuz mission. In 1985 they were on Skylab and they boarded the Space Shuttle Atlantis in 1992. One would make a great pet: They don't stink, eat lettuce, don't bite, don't fly, live about a year, shed their skin by molting several times as they get bigger. They would like a nice clear home so you can see them and they can see you. You can hold them but be gentle.
While enjoying breakfast we looked over and there was a praying mantis looking around on our red fanny pack for some fly not paying atention.. They too make good pets, but they don't like to be handled. Although they don't bite, they do have spikes on their front legs and could get you with those if you are not careful. They eat little insects and like flies so they are great in your garden. These insects live for about a year and like the walking stick, molts its skin several times as it get bigger.
While sitting at the table working a puzzle Will found the shell of a cicada. Now there is a fascinating insect. It lives under the ground most of its life; builds a shaft and climbs out after about 11-17 years and molts out of its skin and are adults with a beautiful song. They sing to attract a mate. After they mate the female cuts into the bark of trees and lays her hundreds of eggs. When they hatch they drop to the ground and dig in. Why do they only come out every 11-17 years? It may have to do with predators.
There it was on the rug; a giant yellow millipede! They are really fun critters. They curl up in a tight little ball when frightened. By counting legs you can easily tell if you have a millipede or a centipede. Centipedes eat ants and insects and can bite you too! Millipedes eat dead plants and have a toxin on their skin so don't go picking them up. They are the recyclers of all the fall leaves!
Bugs are so interesting!
When we got back from our hike down to the creek we had a visitor sitting on one of the chairs: a walking stick. They are mild insects (Insects have six legs and spiders have eight) and would make a good pet. They were astrobugs; they went into space four different mission. The first was back in 1972, the Apollo mission. They flew with the Russians and Americans in 1975, the Apollo-Soyuz mission. In 1985 they were on Skylab and they boarded the Space Shuttle Atlantis in 1992. One would make a great pet: They don't stink, eat lettuce, don't bite, don't fly, live about a year, shed their skin by molting several times as they get bigger. They would like a nice clear home so you can see them and they can see you. You can hold them but be gentle. 
While enjoying breakfast we looked over and there was a praying mantis looking around on our red fanny pack for some fly not paying atention.. They too make good pets, but they don't like to be handled. Although they don't bite, they do have spikes on their front legs and could get you with those if you are not careful. They eat little insects and like flies so they are great in your garden. These insects live for about a year and like the walking stick, molts its skin several times as it get bigger. 
While sitting at the table working a puzzle Will found the shell of a cicada. Now there is a fascinating insect. It lives under the ground most of its life; builds a shaft and climbs out after about 11-17 years and molts out of its skin and are adults with a beautiful song. They sing to attract a mate. After they mate the female cuts into the bark of trees and lays her hundreds of eggs. When they hatch they drop to the ground and dig in. Why do they only come out every 11-17 years? It may have to do with predators.
There it was on the rug; a giant yellow millipede! They are really fun critters. They curl up in a tight little ball when frightened. By counting legs you can easily tell if you have a millipede or a centipede. Centipedes eat ants and insects and can bite you too! Millipedes eat dead plants and have a toxin on their skin so don't go picking them up. They are the recyclers of all the fall leaves!Bugs are so interesting!
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