Earwigs

Earwigs live and hide under stones and logs and piles of leaves. You might find as many as 100 under one log. Earwigs like to eat rotting fruit, vegetables and plants. The earwigs have a good chance of survival.
People used to believe that earwigs crawled into people's ears and made holes in their eardrums.
Earwigs are not suitable for crawling long distances. They often get from one place to another by hitchhiking in clothing, paper, wood, cars and all sorts!

Ladybirds

Ladybirds eat a lot of greenflies and a lot of other garden pests. The ladybirds are a big help to us.
The female ladybirds lay their eggs in batches up to 100-200. She lays them on the undersides of leaves.

Water Scorpion

Its called this because it looks like a scorpion and lives in water. But it is not a real scorpion.
It moves very slowly, crawling along the bottom of ponds and lakes. They can also swim.
Water scorpions grab their prey and suck their guts out using their tube-like mouth.

Peg Bugs

These are my bugs that I made out of pegs and pipe cleaners and pens to colour them in. I made some for Julian.