The weather was so pleasant today. We decided to see what mini-beasts like to do in sunny weather.
As usual we went to the log pile behind the Senior School for our adventure.
We found wood lice, slugs, worms, flies, ants, centipedes and millipedes. We picked some up and put them in our bug viewers so we could examine how many legs they had. Others we just watched, as they went about their buggy business.
We know that insects have only 6 legs, so we were trying to find as many different insects as we could. We realised that: with 14 legs, wood lice are not insects. Neither are spiders with 8 legs (arachnids actually) or slugs, snails, or worms, all with no legs at all. Naturally, centipedes and millipedes have far too many legs. 
Thank goodness for flies and ants. We looked closely at the mural on the wall and saw how many mini-beasts we could name. Some of us used to be a bit scared around small bugs, but now we can see what interesting creatures they are. We will help look after them if they ever need our help!
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