The ``ladies in waiting'' are waiting no more. A swarm of 6,000 ladybugs tantalized 85 first-grade students at Howard Drive Elementary on Monday as they released them onto the school grounds. The colorful bugs act as a natural pesticide against native plant-eating insects like aphids.
The ladybug release opened a week of events in Palmetto Bay to celebrate Earth Day. A total of 26,000 ladybugs -- representing the number of residents in the village -- will also do their Earth Day duty at six area schools through the week.
On Thursday morning, students at Alexander Montessori School and Winhold Montessori will release more ladybugs.
Bet a few of these natural wonders turn up at Coral Reef Park for the 7:30 p.m. Friday Movie Night screening of Planet 51. Earth Week in Palmetto Bay wraps with bike and nature tours and kayak trips Saturday at Ludovici Park.
HOWARD COHEN
Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/04/21/1589800/thousands-of-ladybugs-kick-off.html#ixzz0ljLoOH3w
Me
- MadameButterfly
- para-para-paradise
- “So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be.” ― Stephen Chbosky
No comments:
Post a Comment