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Web Sites Bug Mugs Photo Library - Great photos and descriptions of common garden pests, their life cycles, and tips for controlling them. How Bees See Their World - As a bee flies over a flowering meadow at night, the flowers appear to twinkle! Learn more here about how a bee sees. Using Live Insects in Elementary Classrooms (early elementary) - An excellent site with details on many insects and their life cycles, feeding, habitat, predators, cool behaviors, and impacts (positive and negative) on the ecosystem. Also describes how to collect and/or where to buy each insect and how to rear it in the classroom. Monarch Watch - This online project engages students and other citizen scientists in Monarch butterfly research, tagging, and monitoring projects. The Web site features curriculum ideas, details on rearing Monarchs and their host plants, connections with research scientists, and a Monarch Watch Butterfly Garden kit. Xerces Society: Enhancing Habitat for Native Bees - Thorough information on selecting native and garden flowers, creating nesting sites, and otherwise providing habitat for native bee pollinators. Bugbios - Articles, educational modules, and great photos. Try Science: Animal Attraction (Pollinator Matching Game) - An engaging game in which students match pollinators to interactive clues. Plant Pest (and Beneficial Insect) Identification - Great images for identifying garden visitors.
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