Bugs

"Jude, could you go out back and sweep up all the termite wings?  Hannah, I'd like you to go to the porch and sweep up all those giant ants.  Don't throw them out.  Ask the neighbours if they would like to eat them."

We are meeting some strange new insects lately.  First off, we have termites "parachuting" in like army troops.  They fly in, drop their wings, and head for the closest wood.  All that remains to be seen of them are their little black wings which are showing up every where.  Not sure what this means for any wooden objects in our home.

This is not a flower.

Then there are giant ants.  One morning we stepped out the front door to find the porch littered with giant ants.  These ants are eaten here - just the abdomen.  The head and thorax will hurt your teeth.  All you have to do is fry them up in a little cooking oil.  Unfortunately, we swept them up and threw them out before we learned that we could eat them or at least the neighbours could have eaten them.

To give you an idea of size, these ants are bigger than wasps in Canada.

Then when we were at the beach, this large cicada landed on Hannah.  She was very brave and waited for me to get a good picture. 

Homeschooling in Mexico has certainly made science classes more exotic!