Garden Pests Friend Or Foe

Garden Pests – Friend or Foe?

An Information Pathfinder

POWER Library Databases

Try the following databases:

(Go to “start” and click on Middle School POWER Library.)

EBSCO Animals

Facts for Learning

SIRS Discoverer

Web Sites

Bats

San Diego Zoo’s Animal Bytes: Bats

http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-bat.html

How Stuff Works: How Bats Work

http://www.howstuffworks.com/bat.htm

Encyclopedia Encarta: Bats

http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761557637/Bat.html

Hummingbirds

San Diego Zoo’s Animal Bytes: Hummingbirds

http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-hummingbird.html

Defenders of Wildlife: Hummingbirds

http://www.defenders.org/wildlife_and_habitat/wildlife/hummingbirds.php

Spiders

San Diego Zoo’s Animal Bytes: Spiders

http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-spider.html

Earthworms

Earthworms for Soil Improvement

http://www.nyworms.com/soil.htm

Nature Wildfacts: Earthworms

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/416.shtml

Crop and Food Research: The Industrious Earthworm

http://www.crop.cri.nz/home/products-services/environment/earthworms/earthworm.php

Butterflies

Iowa State University: Bug Guide: Butterflies

http://bugguide.net/node/view/81

San Diego Zoo’s Animal Bytes: Butterflies

http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-butterfly.html

Defender’s of Wildlife: Butterflies

http://www.defenders.org/wildlife_and_habitat/wildlife/butterflies.php

Bees

San Diego Zoo’s Animal Bytes: Bees

http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-bee.html

PBS: Enter A Beehive

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/fun/hive_flash.html

Nature Wildfacts: Honeybee

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/425.shtml

Ladybug (Lady Bird)

National Geographic: Ladybug

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/bugs/ladybug.html

University of Arizona: Ladybug

http://insected.arizona.edu/ladyinfo.htm

Cornell University: Lady Beetles

http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/ent/biocontrol/predators/ladybintro.html

Japanese Ladybug (Asian Lady Bird)

MSU: The Multi-Colored Asian Lady Beetle FAQ’s

http://www.ipm.msu.edu/beetleFAQ.htm

Washington State University: Gardening in Western Washington

http://gardening.wsu.edu/library/inse001/inse001.htm

University of Rhode Island: Asian Lady Beetle

http://www.uri.edu/ce/factsheets/sheets/asianladybeetle.html

Rabbits

Woodland Park Zoo: Rabbit

http://www.zoo.org/factsheets/domestic_rabbit/domestic_rabbit.html

Nature Wildfacts: European Rabbit

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/198.shtml

Groundhogs

National Geographic: Groundhogs

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/groundhog.html

Hinterland Who’s Who: Woodchuck (groundhog)

http://www.hww.ca/hww2.asp?id=109

Snails / Slugs

Encyclopedia Encarta: Snails

http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761555502/Snail.html

Encyclopedia Encarta: Slug

http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761571420/Slug.html

Frogs

San Diego Zoo’s Animal Bytes: Frogs and Toads

http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-frog_toad.html

Exploratorium: Frogs

http://www.exploratorium.edu/frogs/mainstory/index.html