The wasp lays it's eggs on a hornworm. When the eggs hatch inside the horn worm caterpillar, they start feasting away! Sorry buddies, no more munching for you!
Friday, August 27, 2010
Bug Battle by Nature Girl
Some bugs are really a pain to farmers. Other bugs help farmers by eating the other bad bugs. Take the lady bug for an example, it will eat 500 aphids before turning into an adult.
Paramecium by Seabiscuit
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A paramecium is a one-celled microscopic animal. It lives in water. A paramecium moves by little hairs, called cilia used as oars. Since its' hairs run diagonally, it kinda turns around and goes spirally through the water. If it's blocked by something it will reverse and try again.
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