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Chicago Master Gardener

A blog for Chicago Master Gardeners providing information on volunteer opportunities, training, workshops and resources.

August 24, 2006

Love Those Bugs!

Love those bugs! Here is an opportunity to tell kids, ages five and up, all about them. Take our Insect Petting Zoo to:

Sulzer Regional Library

4455 N. Lincoln Ave.

Wednesday, September 27

6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Bug Resources:

Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches

http://www.key-net.net/users/swb/pet_arthropod/hiss.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madagascar_hissing_cockroach

Giant Millipedes

http://www.petbugs.com/caresheets/A-gigas.html

http://exoticpets.about.com/cs/centipedes/a/millipedes.htm

Tarantulas

http://www.tarantulas.com/

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/tarantulas/index2.html

Crickets

http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2066.html

http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2132.html

Contact Nancy at 773-233-0476 or kreith@uiuc.edu

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