THIS WEEKEND I WENT WITH A FRIEND AND HER GRANDCHILDREN TO A SCIENCE FAIR THAT FOCUSED MOSTLY ON INSECTS. ONE EXHIBIT HAS A SILK WORM ON MULBERRY TREE LEAVES. SHE TALKED ABOUT HOW THESE WORMS BECOME MOTHS AND HOW THEY MAKE THREADS OF SILK THAT IS THEN WOVEN INTO VARIOUS MATERIALS. THE WORMS COME FROM CHINA AND THAILAND.
THEY HAD AN EXHIBIT OF MADAGASCAR HISSING COCKROACHES IN AN EXHIBIT AND A BOA CONSTRICTOR THAT WE TOUCHED FROM NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. THEY HAD A GIANT SALAMANDER SHOW. THIS SALAMANDER GETS AS LARGE AS A FOOT IN LENGTH AND IS FOUND PRIMARILY IN THE BAY AREA AND SOUTH TO SANTA CRUZ.
THEY HAD A NICE EXHIBIT IN THE MONARCH BUTTERFLIES. THEY HAVE A GROVE OF CYPRESS TREES IN PACIFIC GROVE WHERE THEY MATE AND HAVE COCOONS. THESE BUTTERFIES TRAVEL HERE FROM COLORADO. MONTANA AND OTHER WESTERN STATES. THEY HAVE GREAT STRENGTH IN FLYING .
ANOTHER NICE EXHIBIT WAS ON SPIDERS AND AMPHIBIANS - EVERYTHING FROM LARGE GARDEN SPIDERS TO TARANTULAS TO BABY TURTLES TO SEA URCHINS IN AN AQUARIUM.
ONE EXHIBIT WAS ALL ABOUT PLANTS AND TREES AND GRASSES THAT ATTRACT BUTTERFLIES, BEES, AND BIRDS. SHE HAD CALIFORNIA FUSCHIA, BUCKWHEAT, SEEP SPRING MONKEYFLOWER, PENSTEMON, BRANDEGEE SAGE, NATIVE TOAD FLAX, DEER GRASS.
ANOTHER EXHIBIT HAD DRAGONFLIES AND HOW THEY LIVE IN SONOMA COUNTY. THE LADY THERE WAS AN EXPERT IN IDENTIFYING DIFFERENT TYPES OF DRAGONFLIES. THIS INSECT IS MY TOTEM AND I LIKE TO THINK THAT THEY WILL BE PRESERVED IN THE FUTURE.
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