Festival Beach Food Forest
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….
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True bugs
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….
Arthropods: Earths most abundant creatures – a haiku
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….
Social and Solitary Wasps
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….
An Urban Hike
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….
Roly Poly Poem
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….
McKinney Falls Bug Safari Night Event
Aug 10th 8:30pm – 9:30pm Join Me! Insects and arachnids! Oh my! Come learn about bugs with our magnificent Science Action Club educator Marcia, Discover the….
Bug Safari at McKinney Falls State Park
July 6th 9am – 10:30am Join Me! Come learn about bugs with our magnificent Science Action Club educator Marcia at this come-and-go station to learn how….
Entomologist Jessica Ware
Poem by Marcia Beckford Spread the word! Entomologist Jessica Ware works to inform. An effort to slow down, and to lessen the gross insect depletion. In….
American Museum of Natural History Insectarium is Curated by Dr Jessica Ware
Dr. Jessica Ware is an acclaimed entomologist specializing in the evolution and diversity of insects, particularly dragonflies and damselflies. She is an associate curator at the….