INSECT RESOURCES

INSECT RESOURCES

A few weeks ago I shared some butterfly book resources, but I'm resharing the Butterflies and adding the Insects and Spiders Field Guides by the National Audubon Society today. Field guides are a wonderful resource to have around to identify unknown crawlies that you may come in contact with. It really is quite satisfying to flip a rock and see the quick scurries, and when your sweet son or daughter ask, "What is THAT?" you can pull out your handy dandy guide while your supermom cape flaps in the breeze! (You can also download an app on your phone for identification, but I do like to revert back to thumbing through the pages of guides. It helps to teach patience and paying attention/detail skills!)

ALONGSIDE ACTIVITY- Go catch and identify some insects! Try at different times of the day and at night around an outside light. Flip rocks, check around your flowers, and look under the leaves of your garden plants. I saw a really cool idea once where some missionary kids in the jungle hung a white sheet outside with a single flashlight shining on it in the pitch black of night. They saw some amazing insects