Dear Mulberry,
We met Worker Ant carrying another insect. We met Sister Beetle hurrying and scurrying to get underneath the Magnatiles. I think maybe Sister Beetle was worried about being seen. She was a very small beetle. I think she was trying to hide. At one point, she scurried right off the table.
It was a very long fall for such a small beetle, but she righted herself and kept right on going. The unfortunate thing is that she kept trying to hurry right under our feet. I felt sad. Sister Beetle got smushed. We thanked Nature for Sister Beetle and her help, for being a vital food source for the birds. Did you know that she is also a decomposer and recycler, pollinator, and pest controller?
When you start noticing, there’s a whole world of insects right there, aunts, uncles, mamas, papas, grandparents, our earth-sharing insect family. It’s fun to notice with you.
Love,
Teacher Michelle
P.S. We also found this cool bug with yellow stripe-like colors. I think this bug dresses up like a bee or a yellow jacket that stings to say, “Hey, I need space!” I used a picture to try to figure out what kind of bug it was. I discovered that it’s likely an ichneumon wasp, and they are even better at pest control than spiders. Most don’t sting. Thank you little wasp.
