Bug club outing to the racetrack.

Kobus and Acrida acuminata : The common stick grasshopper.

Equisetum the horsetail fern at AISM.

Hyperolius under the microscope in class and after we released it

Aposematic wasp digging into Delonyx regia pod on the playground.

Where the frogs hang out!

Amietophryne hideout under the playground tree.

The sharp-eyed kids discovered us.

Amietophryne (Bufo) on the playground.

I speak for the fleas! And other little stuff...

AISM Hyperolius or reed frog

AISM Hyperolius or reed frog

AISM Katydid.

Claws of the Derby's fruit chafer.

Superb colors : Dicranorhinna derbyana.

Derby's flower chafer.

Dicranorhina derbyana at the AISM.

A superb fruit chafer with an awesome metallic green and red sheen.

Hyperolius marmoratus.

Hyperolius marmoratus at The AISM.

Achaea lienardi found in the 4L classroom.

Orange Scutellerid at the AISM.

Scutellerid

Outdoor exploration

Outdoor science club

Mantid egg packet

Acrida acuminata : The common stick grasshopper.

Adults are present only in a few summer months. Eggs are laid in sandy soil.

Magnificent blue spot on a dragonfly abdomen.

Thank you for bring in this in Blayne.

I speak for the fleas.

Alate or prince/princess? of an ant colony

Adult Hawk moth or "Sphingid". What do you think it looks like?

Bruchidae: seed beetle

Classroom seed beetle

What plant does this creature resemble?

The chamo katydid goes aposematic (warning colors)

Look at all that fake lichen.

Lichen mimic katydid at AISM.

Discovered by 2nd grade and Lillie (3rd)

I speak for the fleas

AISM Chrysomelid beetle

I speak for the fleas

Catalaucus

Valentines ants (Crematogaster) meet pitted ant(Catalaucus)

This was taken on our Acacia xanthophloea tree. The fever tree.

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Small grey moth eyeball.

One of those random insects found dead on the floor. Thanks to Molly Rathbone.

I speak for the fleas.

AISM thrip infestation. Gynaikothrips ficorum

Thrip infestation at AISM.

Weird creatures.

Immature thrips cause the leaves to curl inward or fold into a pocket in which the thrips develop and in which they lay eggs. Heavily infested leaves eventually become tough and brown or yellow, dropping from the plant prematurely. The Cuban laurel thrips can also bite (more like scratch with their mouthparts) people. 

The Cuban Laurel Thrip

The Cuban laurel thrips is a pantropical species that occurs wherever Ficus retusa is planted.The egg is cylindrical with rounded ends, smooth, and translucent white. 

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Underside of a rhino beetle.