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1. Really Weird Insects Insects are the most diverse group of animals on the planet and represent more than half of all known living organisms. They can be found in every type of environment on Earth and show some unique and startiling adaptations in order to survive in suc...
2. Mexican Jumping Beans The actual jumping "bean" is not a bean at all. It is produced by a native shrub or small tree that grows wild in the deserts of mainland Mexico and in the rugged Cape region of Baja California. The common jumping beans sold in novelty shops througho...
3. Pesticides: Don't Kill the Good Guys Imagine waking up one morning and discovering that all the insects and other pests in your garden have disappeared forever - no more slugs and snails, aphids, lily beetles, caterpillars and all those other creatures that chomp their way through your...
4. BUGS Coloring Books & Pages Who likes bugs coloring books? Kids do! Bugs coloring books are a fun way to keep children creative and learning during summer vacation, Bugs coloring sheets are often used as part of Earth Day and spring lesson plans from preschool through the eleme...
5. Butterfly Coloring Book Printables Butterfly coloring book pages are favorites of children and adults who love nature. I adore butterflies; I photograph moths and butterflies that visit the flowers in my garden and I like to draw butterflies. I use butterfly coloring pages, line art p...
6. Old Black Fly Unit Study Old Black Fly's been buzzing around and lands on an alphabet's worth of spilled drips and drops of food. This poem is fun to read aloud with it's lilting rhyme has makes you want to dance. Use Old Black Fly to start a unit on insects that will inspi...
7. Fireflies: Twinkling Lights of the Meadow Have you ever gone out on a summer evening to catch fireflies. They flit and fly everywhere. Soon you have five and then six. One escapes and then you catch two more. In the morning you let them go. These wonderful experiences of childhood may be dis...
8. cockroaches facts and myths Cockroaches are considered pests by some, and appetizers by others! Although many people do not like the sight of roaches in their homes, they are still fascinated by the little (and sometimes not so little) creatures. It has been said that cockroac...
9. Instant Masks For Kids These free masks just need to be downloaded, printed and cut out.  Great for costumes, school plays and kids parties.
10. How many legs does a butterfly have? Ever wondered how many legs a butterfly has?
11. The Birds in My Backyard - Bird Feeders The simple pleasure of watching birds has fascinated so many of us. I could sit for hours and watch them fly, or eat. I love to put out bird feeders in the yard and see what kind of birds come to visit it. Capturing them with my camera, is somethin...
12. Butterflies and Gardening to Attract Them What is more beautiful than a garden full of colorful flowers with gorgeous butterflies flitting around? It's really not that hard to create a haven like this right in your own yard. All you need to create this sanctuary for you and the butterflies a...
13. Bluebird Math The bluebirds are busy building nests, laying eggs and helping young children learn all about math. The basis of all math is discovering and describing pattens found in the natural world. This lens offers dozens of math activities, workjobs and cente...
14. Butterflies 101 Left: Anise Swallowtail (Papilio zelicaon) Butterflies are insects with four large wings that feed either on the nectar of flowers or on fruit. Together with moths, butterflies make up the scientific order Lepidoptera - the word means 'scaly win...
15. Naturally Native Squids Headquarters The Naturally Native Squids group welcomes lenses about nature, animals, native plants, gardening (especially ecologically healthy gardening) and all things natural. Lenses should be well constructed with good content and photographs, with no generic...
16. Preserving Native Habitats in Louisiana Scientists from all over the world, like Douglas Tallamy the author of Bringing Nature Home, are advocating using native plants in sustainable, ecologically balanced gardens in suburban and urban yards to help bring back the beneficial insects that a...
17. Naturally Native Habitat Naturally Native is all about our love of nature, animals and the great outdoors. We enjoy Louisiana's scenic rivers and the abundant native flora and fauna and we want to share it with the world. Most of the photographs featured here were taken in S...
18. What You Must Know About Fruit Flies.... Fruit flies are those tiny little insects that travel in swarms hovering around, well, fruit. You may have seen them in grocery stores. They don't just congregate in less clean stores. I have seen them in Whole Foods and other of the 'better' superma...
19. Bug Buffet with Creepy Crawly Recipes Do you have an entomophagic appetite? Try a Three Bee Salad! or Chocolate Cricket Torte. Or maybe you would enjoy the Grasshopper Tacos? Entomophagy is the practice of eating insects as food. Learn about how insects have played an important role in...
20. Fun With Roly Poly Bugs Did you know that Pill Bugs aren't really bugs at all? They aren't even insects! They are members of the only group of CRUSTACEANS who live on land. Pill Bugs perform valuable jobs in our environment by eating detritus and aerating the top layer of s...