Pierce+Graham+Insect+Investigations

On Sunday April 29th immediately after the tracks scat and fur event I attended the insect investigation event as part of the city nature challenge. Another event where the prairie ridge ecocenter was attempting to record their biodiversity; however, this time the soul focus of the event was on the biodiversity of insects. Our entomologist tour guide took us first to their insect garden where they grew a variety of plants in order to harbor a same environment for a large number of insects. I was very impressed with how easily she could identify one bug from another especially in the same species. She was happy because we found a kind of ladybug that is native to the western region of the state and they could now record even more biodiversity for the challenge.

The action plan was related to environmental science because it helped us learn to identify insects and also the importance of biodiversity in an ecosystem and how to record that biodiversity Our Entomologist guide told us once again that prairie ridge and all of raleigh are currently in 13th place out of the 80 cities and are she was hoping to improve their ranking. The insects were much easier to find and report than the animal tracks and it is likely because of the impressive gardens that prairie ridge harbors to attract them. This helps maintain good biodiversity and a healthy environment.