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76Insect Observation - Benicia State Recreation Area:
This is a detailed article about insect populations within the Benicia State Recreational Area. This article includes photos and videos that are user friendly.
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77The Differences Between Beetles and True Bugs.
When is a Bug not a Bug? When it's a Beetle! According to current terminology, for which we may have to thank our cousins from the United States, all small crawly things, including bugs, are…bugs. Not to...
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77Useful facts about ladybirds and lacewings
Encouraging insects into the garden can seem contrary to everything we have done as gardeners. However ladybirds and lacewings can eat more than their weight of aphids every day. Lacewing larvae and ladybird larvae and their adults, make...
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78A Melancholy Bug - Unusual Insects
Sir Francis Drake's Joke - The Spanish Fly The creature known as the Spanish Fly, and from its body the chemical derives a substance so acutely irritant that, applied to the flesh of human beings, it raises blisters -- It is a formidable foe --right up there with the fire ant. Yet, it has an even more sinister well-deserved reputation, than the fire ant. However, a handful of the uninformed will still argue that it is friend, rather than foe.
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72Cupcake Decorating - How to Make Ladybird Cupcakes
If you're ever stuck for ideas for how to entertain your kids during school holidays or rainy afternoons then have a go at cupcake decorating.Follow the instructions below to learn how to make these really easy ladybird cupcakes.
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64My ladybird comes each morning-a poem
For me it is exceedingly rare to have encountered such a deep and lasting friendship, as the one that inspired me to write the following prose. I wrote this for a dear friend as a surprise birthday present.
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80US History: The Great Society 1963 - 1968
President Lyndon Baines Johnson called for a country free of racial tensions, class and race segregation, and prejudice. We declared the War on Poverty that we could not win. He also proclaimed the Great Society...
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71Fancy Dress Wings
For many costumes, wings are an essential accessory - after all, without wings a Fly is merely a Walk. From Fairies to Fantasy creatures, from Bugs to Birds (and Hen Nights), this is a range of suggestions to let your costume ideas take flight.
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84A Review of the Wheely Bug
As parent to an energetic two-year-old, our house is bursting to the brim with toys. A few are loved; most are rotting in a toy box, taken out only for the occasional play. Out of all my two-year-old's toys, my favourite is definitely his Ladybird...
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66Ladybirds
The seven-spot ladybird's Latin name is Coccinella septempunctata. Ladybirds are about 5-8 mm long. They are small round beetles with three and a half spots on each of their two wing cases. The...
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