by: Marcia BeckfordThere’s give and take atFestival Beach Food Forest.A body with heart.To nourish and fellowship.View the canopies.see the sun, sky, clouds,and stars.Walk through arteries,awaken the senses.A sustainable ecosystem teems….
by: Macia BeckfordAll bugs are insects. Not all insects qualify. Let’s take a good spy!Metamorphosislabeled incomplete because larvae, pupa nixed.Egg, nymph and adult! Nymph molts often to mature as helper….
By: Marcia BeckfordJobs:Earths most abundant creatures.They’re called arthropods.Who pollinate, recycle.They’re plentiful in our world Decomposes clean.Restore nutrients to the soil.Earth’s most abundant creatures.Predators and prey.Participants in food web.Description:All have exoskeleton.A….
by: Marcia BeckfordFly with dangling legs, build a nest, buzzSting those big, like a humanbite those small, like insects and arachnids ‘causeAs predator, pollinator, omnivoreWasps protect the garden as their….
By: Marcia BeckfordGoing on a hike takes on a new meaningWhen as you walk your ankle’s hurtingManeuvering up and down a sidewalkRequires a decision to land on heel or toeThe….
By: Marcia BeckfordRoly Poly, wood lice, pill or potato bugDifferent names describe those involved.A land crustacean, not a lice nor a bugAn Isopod or non insect arthropod.They have modified gills….
