Bug's Eye View, Day 4

Yesterday, you explored your plant looking for insects and insect sign.  I hope you had some luck.  Matt and I went out at 12:30 a.m. with a flashlight looking.  It was pretty cool.  We found a snail, two little centipedes, an itsy bitsy teeny weeny spider and it's web, a skeeter hanging out on a limb and one under a leaf, and a roly poly.  We also saw holes in the upper leaves that we think are some sort of insect damage, but don't know for sure.

Whether you found any or not, today take some time and imagine what it would be like to be an insect climb from the bottom of your plant to the top.  Look really closely at the plant.  In fact, grab a magnifying glass and get as close a look as you can.  Then imagine what it would be like to be an insect climbing.  Think about the scale.  Picture the enormity of your plant if you were only a few millimeters tall.  Imagine what it would be like to stand in the middle of a vast broad leaf the size of a parking lot and then suddenly the wind blows and you are cling to a vein as the whole thing sways chaotically.  Imagine coming around the stem and finding yourself face to face with a spider or some other massive creepy crawly multiples of your size.  Have fun in your amazing new world.