Yesterday the children in Reception were in for a treat when Nick from Bugfest came to visit. We got to get up close with a range of different insects, some of us were a lot braver than the adults when it came to holding them! We met a giant millipede named Bertha who has 260 legs and found out that lemurs like to eat the juice millipedes produce as it stops them from being bitten by other insects. We also met a scorpion called pinch mc pinch face, a giant land snail, a cockroach, a beetle and even some stick insects or phasmid as we learnt is another name it goes by because it can just disappear in front of you. When holding marmite the cockroach, Zara said "it tickled" and Isabelle commented that when she stroked it, it was "hard". Twlight sparkle the tarantula proved to be a huge hit, with lots of children admiring her colouring and saying how cute she was, "I like the colour of the tarantula" said Rishi. Aragog was another tarantula we met, who stole the show with their impressive body size. Some adults were even brave enough to hold her. It is safe to say we all had a great morning, learning some fun facts and seeing the different insects up close. We would like to say a big thank you to Nick for visiting us.
