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| First graders modeling their Mantis hats. | |
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| One of my students interacting with a Mealworm Larva. | A second grader making her Mealworm habitat. |
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| Experiments with the Darkling Beetle larva are always a highlight for the students. | A kindergartener interacts with her mealworms |
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| Second grade students acting out the fierce dragonfly preparing to snack on some pesky mosquitoes. | |
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| A Praying Mantis my son found in the yard. | The most amazing insect birth is that of 200 Praying Mantids from one foamy brown egg. |
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Butterfly Pavilion at the Natural History Museum. |
A Buckeye butterfly landed on my daughter's sleeve. |
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| A massive collection of Ladybugs I found on a blackberry bush in Yosemite, California. | More from Yosemite. |
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| My son with a huge Grasshopper he found by our front door. | My kids said this yellow Ladybug looks just like me! Found in Fort Bragg, Ca. |
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| A Swallowtail butterfly found on our vacation to Idaho. | A Monarch butterfly I found in my mother's yard. |
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| This is a damselfly larva found by my son in the waters of the Russian River in Monte Rio, Ca. | A blue ringed damselfly I found at Pyramid Lake. The damselfly's wings close together when they rest, unlike a dragonfly's which stay straight. |
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| This red dragonfly posed for me for several minutes. Pyramid Lake , Ca. | I found this large ladybug resting ona leaf at a beach in Bodega Bay, Ca. |
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| "Manuela" our female praying mantis. Found in Chatsworth, Ca. | The egg that "Manuela" our pet praying mantis laid in her cage. |
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| Ladybugs in the pupa stage hanging on my fence post. | Ladybug larva feasting on aphids on my rose bush. |
