Insects at Bechtel Park
Saturday, September 27, 2025
We went to Bechtel Park to learn about insects. The weather was cool but warm as well, and it was pretty sunny out.
We looked for insects and named the ones we found.
Owen from Nature Teen Club came and he showed us all the different kinds of insects around.
There were lots of Hickory tussock moth caterpillars, an inch worm, some spiders and some beetles.
We also looked for other cool stuff like curled leaves that were made by spiders.
We saw some damage made by Emerald Ash Borers inside a dead ash tree, it looked cool but it was sad to see our native trees dying.
We also learned about why insects are important. If we don’t know where bugs are or what we’re doing to them we might hurt them, and we need insects! My favourite part was finding moss and mould growing on fungus, and a cute little brown inch worm.
Reported by: River