Lil'Bug decided to document the bugs in our backyard. I took the pictures, but she found the bugs. She wants to keep doing this so we have a good record of what lives back there. Not all the critters are identified. She also went through our picture archive so we could put together a post of what we found last summer too, but then I realized we've already done that with the GARDEN CRITTERS tag. :) Wow, we found some neat stuff last year!
While a traditional Science Fair has one entry on one day, we are going to continue our project through the warm weather. We'll be buying a bug book to help with identification too. Any ideas on the larva thing in the first picture? Last year my aunt told me not to kill those because they turn into a beneficial bug, but I can't remember which one!
Whoa! WHAT is the thing in the last picture?!
ReplyDeleteVery cool! It's good your daughter isn't squeamish about bugs! Thanks for joining us in the science fair.
evie
I think this is your larva in the first pic
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CS: Ooooh, thank you for the link! I think, and the irony is not lost on me, that it may be in fact the last one on the page......common name in North America is June Bug!
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Also, not good for the garden beds we found them in.....
Evie: that is a spider. It is a small spider, but a spider none the less. It looks like a crab! Lil'Bug has been talking all wee about the crab she found in her garden, this must be it!
that last one gives me the creeps! LOL
ReplyDeleteAlso, it would be cool it was a Stag Beetle BUT we've never had those while we've had loads and loads of Brown June Bugs.
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