Bugfest+Blast

I, Jaylene Bodane of the 4A class, attended Bugfest. While there, I told little kids and bugs are our friends and we shouldn't try and kill them. It was truly an enlightening experience, for both me and the children. I learned about how different types of bugs can indicate the water quality in the area, for example black beetles are extremely resistant to pollutants in the water while dragonflies are less so. Indicator species are important for environmental scientists trying to asses the health of an area. We can apply this by seeing how different pollutants affect biodiversity in assorted water biomes around the world.