Bug City - Season 1 (1998)

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Butterflies and moths are beautiful and delicate, yet some, like monarch butterflies, are strong enough to fly hundreds of miles in their yearly migration. This program explores interesting facts about both types of insects, explains their amazing metamorphosis and shows how to tell them apart. In the studio, Dr. Art and Christina examine monarch caterpillars and build a caterpillar habitat in order to watch them transform into butterflies. Part of the Bug City Video Series, an engaging series created to help kids learn about insects and arachnids. Grades 1-6.

This program reveals the incredible jumping, chirping and camouflaging skills of crickets, grasshoppers and katydids, as well as other related insects like the praying mantis and the walking stick. Dr. Art shows students how to make a cricket habitat and provides instruction on where to find crickets, what to feed them and what to expect from a pet cricket. Part of the Bug City Video Series, an engaging series created to help kids learn about insects and arachnids. Grades 1-6.

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Two of the most popular members of the insect world are ladybugs and fireflies. The colorful ladybug provides pest control by eating insects that would feed on flowers, vegetables and fruits. Another favorite, the firefly, is a type of beetle that can produce its own light source in an effort to attract a mate. In the studio, Dr. Art discusses these complex, blinking insects and, in an experiment, tries to replicate the bursts of light that fireflies produce. Part of the Bug City Video Series, an engaging series created to help kids learn about insects and arachnids. ...

Found in virtually every climate and habitat, spiders are arachnids (not insects), and this program examines all facets of spider life -- webs and the spider's use of silk, eating habits, growth and molting, mating habits and care of the young. Scorpions, resembling miniature lobsters, are relatives of the spider, and they each possess a poisonous stinger. The program reviews the lifestyle of scorpions and later presents tips on creating a spider habitat for common house or garden spiders. Part of the Bug City Video Series, an engaging series created to help kids ...