Bugs - Insects 4 Kids
About Bugs
 Alien Empire
This special multimedia Web companion to the three-week NATURE
miniseries takes you into the bizarre, fascinating world of insects,
with amazing graphics, sound and animation, enhanced video, and
activities for kids.
Amazing
Insects
Insect facts and information. Basics on this page, with a "Bug
Menu" of lovely photographs of all sorts of insects.
A cute animated mosquito follows you around.
Bug Bios
This site aims to help you really see insects for the miniature
marvels they represent and to understand how intertwined our
cultures have become with these alien creatures.
Cool Bug Stuff
Cool bug facts, games, and recipes. Did you know that bugs can
be used to make medicine?
Florida 4-H Bug
Club
Here you will find information that will show you the best places
to look for insects and that will help you identify the ones
you have already collected.
Insecta Inspecta
World
The world is covered with bugs, so shouldn't you know a little
about them?
Insects
Come learn why not all bugs are bad. In fact, many help by destroying
destructive bugs and plants.
Insects:
What good are they anyways?
If you have ever been stung by a bee, stabbed by a mosquito or
had the leaves of your favorite tree eaten by a gypsy moth caterpillar,
you've probably wondered...what good are insects? Although it
is true that insects can cause damage, they can also be beneficial.
Teachers' Pests NEW
Simple educational projects for all ages from Terminex. Choose activities by age group:Egg (Ages 4-6), Larva (Ages 7-9),
or Pupa (Ages 10-12).
World's
Most Notorious Bugs
The FBIA (Federal Bug Intelligence Agency) seeks your help in
locating a gang of notorious creepy crawlies! Please study these
wanted posters and notify the FBIA if you know the whereabouts
of any of these characters. Site has loads of fascinating microscopic
photographs of bugs.
Wonderful
World of Insects
There are well over 1 million different known species of insects
in the world, and some experts estimate that there might be as
many as 10 million. They are divided up into 32 orders. Did you
know that one in every four animals on this planet is a beetle?
Bug Arts and Crafts
Bug Box
A pest control company has several activities you can print out
and do. If you live in Virginia, you can visit the Insect Zoo
these folks sponsor, or have them visit your support group. Discount
coupon.
Bug
Fun
Collecting bugs, insect crafts and projects, games and jokes,
even bugs as food, from the University of Kentucky Department
of Entomology. Make
Your Own Compound Eye, for example.
Fun Stuff Activities for Kids
Exterminator company has pages of full-size drawings of insects
you can print out an color, and other games and activities.
Insect
Printouts
Printout, label and color these worksheets of outlines of familiar
insects: ants, bees, beetles, butterflies, and more. Some show
lifecycle.
Insects
at Enchanted Learning
Rhymes, crafts, coloring printouts, and quizzes.
Monster
Bugs
Assemble a bug you know or create an entirely new bug out of
these drawers full of bug parts.
Collecting
Bug
Pets
One of the best ways to learn about animals is to keep and look
after them. insects and other invertebrates are no exception.
In most cases they are easy to look after (provided you've found
out about them first), inexpensive and don't require a vast amount
of space.
Rearing
Crickets
You can raise crickets simply because you like them or because
you want to use them as bait when fishing.
Rearing
and Experimenting with Isopods
Have you ever turned over a rock or old board and discovered
a small, hard-shelled creature resembling a miniature armadillo,
and then upon picking it up had it roll-up into a near-perfect
ball in your hand? Such armoured creatures are called wood-lice
or sowbugs and those kinds that roll up are often called pillbugs.
Rearing
Insects Indoors
Why rear insects? Because rearing insects is fun. Observing insects
indoors can help you gather information on their life cycles
and hab its. You can even do scientific experiments with them.
If you wish, you can grow insects for fish bait or as food for
pet birds, toads, and lizards.
Fun
Bug
Birthday Party Ideas
Having bug birthday party is a great choice! Most kids seem to
be fascinated by little critters, so why not make that your party
theme.
Games
Bug-go
A game to help you learn to identify some insects while learning
which insects are beneficial and interesting facts about others.
The game should be played similar to the game bingo. You'll need
a printer to print out the playing cards.
Just for Fun NEW
Take a break with Terminex interactive games and activities. We're always adding new features, so check back often. Create a bug. Determine what kind of bug personality you are most like. Make a bug mask. Try your hand at a Swarmer Slider Puzzle.
Recipes
Iowa
State University's Tasty Insect Recipes
Disclaimer: The Department of Entomology at Iowa State University
is not responsible for gastric distress, allergic reactions,
feelings of repulsion, or other problems resulting from the ingestion
of foods represented on these pages.
Katerpillars
(& Mystery Bugs)
Fun stuff - such as bug-looking recipes for Halloween treats
- as well as information about all sorts if bugs from the University
of Kentucky Department of Entomology.
Songs About Bugs
Songs about Bugs - from Songs For Teaching
*Ants! Ants! Ants! * -- Ron Brown
*B-B-B Bugs * -- Ron Brown
*Bugs * -- Rosenshontz
*Buzz Buzz Buzz * -- Geof Johnson
*Caterpillar * -- A preschool and kindergarten song with lesson ideas.
*Habitat * -- Bill Oliver
*I'm an Ant * -- Jennifer Fixman
*It's a Snail * -- Ron Brown
*Little Ms. Muffett * (A Song About Spiders) -- Rachel Sumner
*Metamorphosis * -- Charlotte Diamond
*Spider or an Insect? *-- Ron Brown
*Spiders * -- Foster Brown
*Water Bugs *-- Ron Brown
Specific Insects
Mosquitos
I want
to suck your blood! - Mosquitos
No, I'm not talking about Count Dracula - I'm talking about my
relatives - those annoying mosquitoes, or "skeeters,"
as they are sometimes called.
Mosquito
Biology
This booklet explains the general biology and significance of
mosquitoes and tells what the public can do to reduce mosquito
problems. Advanced.
Other Insects
British
Stick Insect Foundation website
British humor mixed with a few facts, so be on guard! It is a
site where discussion and views concerning Phasmidae (Stick
Insects) are shared for the benefit of members and public in
the UK and worldwide.
Bug Identification
If you've found an insect and you don't know what it is then
you can use the on-line Key here to find out to what order your
insect belongs. It is a good idea to have the insect in a 'Bug
Box' whilst you use the Key - it's much easier than relying on
your memory.
Head
Lice
Much to many parents' annoyance, the head louse is a tiny, wingless
parasitic insect that lives among human hairs and feeds on extremely
small amounts of blood drawn from the scalp. Although they may
sound gross, lice (the plural of louse) are a very common problem,
especially for kids ages 3 years to 12 years (girls more often
than boys).
Yucky
Roach World
Find out about a roach's typical day, its anatomy, and more interesting
and gross facts then you'd thought you'd ever want to know.
See also our pages about...
- Ants
- Bees
- Beetles
- Butterflies & Moths
- Spiders
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