Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Amazing Life in a Scoop of Dirt

A simple scoop of dirt produced all those bugs! (after a few weeks)
The while "slime" is a pile of micro earthworms! 
  • -Snales
  • -Centipedes
  • -Earthworm
  • -Other bugs

Tiny Super Ant

Very small worker ant!
((Brachymyrmex Obscurior)
Tiny Super Ant

Mud Wasps

Mud Wasps / Mud dauber
Getting ready to sleep on the plant.
Mud Wasps

Mosquito Pupa

Spider Eating Bee

How to Catch a Scorpion

Paper Wasp Nest

Scorpion Running


Exploding Seed Pods!



The yellow woodsorrel, plant had very interesting seed pods.
When they are ready, the slightest touch will cause a cascading effect in which all the individual seeds in the pod will pop out, one at a time, with significant force.