We collected soil and bugs on a clear day in mid September.  The weather had been very dry all fall, so we were not able to find many bugs a (we thought they were burrowed in the soil and grasses on order to prevent dehydration).  Second and third grade students participated in the BUGS and SOIL collection.  All of the bug collecting was done at the Children's Wet Meadow, because we found so few bugs anywhere else.

Temperature:
    Air - 80º F   (27º C)
    Soil - 70º F   (21º C)
                                              
We found hula hoops to be good collection                           We call this bug a box elder beetle.                    Second grade class returns from a
boundary guides.  The surface area was                                                                                                                   search for bugs.
approximately 0.6 square meters per hoop.


  

Coleoptera	Coleoptera	Diptera (fly)
Orthoptera (grasshopper)	Sow bug	Arachnid (spider)

                                                                                                       

Bug collecting at the south end of the  Children's Wet Meadow	Soil collection in the Allen School Nature Area

Coleoptera (Beetles)	eight
Diptera (True Flies)	two
Hemiptera (Bugs)	ten
Homoptera (Hoppers)	two
Hymenoptera (Bees, Ants, and Wasps)	ten
Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)	four
Orthoptera (Grasshoppers and Crickets)	five
Arachnid (Spiders)	one