We looked carefully at some crickets to learn about their bodies and their behavior. Did you know that a male cricket makes its chirp by rubbing his wings together? We also found out that crickets' ears are on the backs of their knees and that they breathe through holes in the abdomen!
Next, we were ready to go on an insect hunt! We took our insect nets, some white sheets, and lots of small containers. We found that it can be tricky to catch insects and while some of them escaped, we were successful in capturing many!
After they were photographed and released, we tried to identify our insects from their pictures.
Here are pictures of a few of the specimens we collected.
