Bug Chick Jessica Honaker places a giant madagascar hissing cockroach into the hands of one of the children at the Tucker-Maxon Oral School in Portland.
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Katie Campbell
This scorpion, named Rex, is one of the stars of the Bug Chicks' bug workshops because he glows in the dark under a black light.
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Katie Campbell
Students from Tucker-Maxon Oral School crowd around Bug Chick Kristie Reddick holding Bella, the praying mantis. They watched Bella devour a grasshopper.
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Katie Campbell
This mantis, called Bella, has two grasping, spiked forelegs to catch and hold prey. The colloquial name "praying mantis" comes from their prayer-like stance.
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Katie Campbell
Bug Chick Kristie Reddick acts the part of a praying mantis while Bug Chick Jessica Honaker bursts into laughter.