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First graders modeling their Mantis hats.
First graders modeling their Mantis hats.
One of my students interacting with a Mealworm Larva. A second grader making her Mealworm habitat.
One of my students interacting with a Mealworm Larva. A second grader making her Mealworm habitat.
Experiments with the Darkling Beetle larva are always a highlight for the students. A kindergartener interacts with her mealworms.
Experiments with the Darkling Beetle larva are always a highlight for the students. A kindergartener interacts with her mealworms
 Second grade students acting out the fierce dragonfly preparing to snack on some pesky mosquitoes.
Second grade students acting out the fierce dragonfly preparing to snack on some pesky mosquitoes.
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.
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.

Butterfly Pavilion at the Natural History Museum.

A Buckeye Butterfly landed on my daughter's sleeve.

Butterfly Pavilion at the Natural History Museum.

A Buckeye butterfly landed on my daughter's sleeve.
A massive collection of ladybugs I found on a blackberry bush in Yosemite, California. More from Yosemite.
A massive collection of Ladybugs I found on a blackberry bush in Yosemite, California. More from Yosemite.
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.
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.
A Swallowtail Butterfly found on our Vacation to Idaho. A Monarch butterfly I found in my mother's yard.
A Swallowtail butterfly found on our vacation to Idaho. A Monarch butterfly I found in my mother's yard.
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.
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.
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.
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.
"Manuela" our female praying mantis. Found in Chatsworth, Ca. The egg that "Manuela" our pet praying mantis laid in her cage.
"Manuela" our female praying mantis. Found in Chatsworth, Ca. The egg that "Manuela" our pet praying mantis laid in her cage.
Ladybugs in the pupa stage hanging on my fence post. Ladybug larva feasting on aphids on my rose bush.
Ladybugs in the pupa stage hanging on my fence post. Ladybug larva feasting on aphids on my rose bush.

 

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