Bug Hunt
Ben's assignment for school today was to bring in a "live bug", so the whole family went into the back yard on a bug hunt.
We found lots of ants. In fact, Daddy turned over one rock and the ants poured out like something from a bad Harryhausen movie. But the ants kept getting out of our "bug house" - at least until Ben pointed out a "huge abdomen" from a "mommy ant" that was too big to fit through the holes.
But the mommy ant was abandoned when Daddy found a huge millipede under a rock. Mommy scooped it up with a stick and put it into the bug house. Daddy added a piece of apple to try to keep it alive overnight.
Alas, all was for naught, as the millipede was "1000 toes up" (a Mommy phrase) this morning. It's ok. The kids still seemed to like seeing the dead millipede, and Ben didn't seem to mind.
Our first bug hunt. One of many, for sure.
We found lots of ants. In fact, Daddy turned over one rock and the ants poured out like something from a bad Harryhausen movie. But the ants kept getting out of our "bug house" - at least until Ben pointed out a "huge abdomen" from a "mommy ant" that was too big to fit through the holes.
But the mommy ant was abandoned when Daddy found a huge millipede under a rock. Mommy scooped it up with a stick and put it into the bug house. Daddy added a piece of apple to try to keep it alive overnight.
Alas, all was for naught, as the millipede was "1000 toes up" (a Mommy phrase) this morning. It's ok. The kids still seemed to like seeing the dead millipede, and Ben didn't seem to mind.
Our first bug hunt. One of many, for sure.
# posted by Scott @ 4/21/2005 09:00:00 PM 
