If you live in the San Francisco area and are interested in ants, take a look at this post on my Wild About Ants blog about a citizen science project that’s being run by the California Academy of Sciences. It’s definitely kid friendly.
Yes, we were in San Francisco last week. We got to see a lot of interesting new things.
Let us know if you decide to participate in the ant study. We’d love to hear what you find out.
One of the reasons I named this feature “Bug of the Week” was so I could occasionally include non-insects. This is one of those weeks.
My son and I have added what we call our “practice pond” to our back yard. It is not much more than a container with water and plants, but we are already finding critters. We think they came with the plants.
Yesterday we decided to check what the little moving flecks were under our old microscope. Wow, they were so cool. They had oar-like appendages to move with and you could see stuff moving around inside. We figured out they were water fleas, a type of tiny crustacean.
Although I don’t have a way of capturing what we saw via video (yet), here’s a YouTube video that gives you an idea.
Aren’t they cool?
Have you ever checked pond water for tiny animals?
If you have never seen these seeds before, you might think I’m playing an early April Fool’s joke.
No, these are real seed pods.
Any guesses?
Edit: the answer is now up here.
For more information, see Roberta Gibson Writes.
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