Boy's Quest articles from August 2003

Boy's Quest archives from August 2003

Dave from down under.(cockroaches)
August 1, 2003... Hi! I'm an Australian cockroach. Just call me Dave from down under. On occasion, I live with my American cockroach cousin in Florida or Texas. You know how Texans like to say everything in Texas is bigger? Well, that's true for cockroaches. My...

Crack the bug code.
August 1, 2003... Some bug are insects and others are arachnids. To learn more, crack the bug code below. Use the CODE BOOK for help. 1C 3B 3E 4C 2E, 2F 3A, 1A 2C 3B 2A. 1E 4D 3C, 1B, 4F, 1A 4A. 2B 3B 2D 4C 2E, 4E 3A 1A 1D 2A. 1E 3F 1F, 4B, 1A 3D....

Insect Instinct.(Poem)
August 1, 2003... On mountaintop or overseas, Insects act instinctively. Fleas spring; Bees sting. Earwigs pinch; Inchworms inch. Mosquitoes bite; Army ants fight. Stinkbugs stink; Fireless blink. Butterflies...

Things with wings.
August 1, 2003... Grandma Mark [Grandma] gave [Mark] new [crayons] and [papers] for his birthday. "What can I draw for you?" [Mark] asked. "A picture of something that flies," [grandma] said. [Mark] took his [crayons] and [papers] outside. A [butterfly] sat...

Insect maze.
August 1, 2003... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Fred's world.(ladybugs)
August 1, 2003... Sam and I came across a ladybug spinning around on its back trying to right itself. The more it spun, the more tired it became. "Hey, ladybug," Sam said, "need some help?" With that, he pushed his nose forward to help the ladybug right...

Lightning bugs.(A.K.A. fireflies)
August 1, 2003... What is your favorite bug? A jumping bean? A praying mantis? A luna moth? Mine is the firefly. On our small, Indiana farm, fireflies twinkle like magical stars on a summer night. We chase them around seeing who can catch the most, then we watch...

Lightning bug riddles.
August 1, 2003... If you have never heard of lightning bugs, you probably know them as fireflies. They're beetles. The glow in the last part of their bodies blinks. They're fun to watch flying after dark. You don't have to wait till then to try these silly...

Bug convention.
August 1, 2003... Cup Mug (2) Tepees Bowling Pin Boot Football Baton Tiger Bell Donut Music Note Pants Nail Flag Dipper Wooden Shoe Pizza Slice Arrow Envelope Knife ...

The best bait.(catch your own fishing bait)
August 1, 2003... If you like to fish, you've probably been to a bait shop. For a few dollars, you can buy worms or other kinds of live bait. However, you can have more fun when you capture your own bait. Here's how to start. Insects Many fisherman...

Summer singers.(katydids)
August 1, 2003... Katydids are summer singers. The male gives his song as often as once per second on a summer evening. The sound is produced by rubbing the base of the outer wings, where there are rasps and ridges. The sound is heard by ears on the upper front...

Word search puzzle.
August 1, 2003... Look forwards, backwards, up, down, and diagonally to find the following words. Cross the word off the list. After all the words are found, the letters remaining will spell a sentence relating to bugs. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Ants ...

The insect jamboree.(Poem)
August 1, 2003... The Insect Jamboree The insects held the twenty-fifth annual jamboree, Hosted by the humble and hospitable honeybee. The centipede and millipede met with the bumblebee And together paraded through town toward the...

When pirate bugs attack! Episode # 15.(T.A.I.L.S. * Comics [TM])
August 1, 2003... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] * (TRAVELLING ADVENTURES IN LABORATORY SCIENCE!!) STARRING Professor Muenster Sonoma Jack Colby Mild Our story begins when Jack, while out for a walk, is suddenly accosted by a cluster of...

Knot everything!
August 1, 2003... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Alpine Butterfly Knot is a single loop that can be tied in the middle of a rope with or without having access to the ends. It will carry a load in any of the three directories, together or independently. It...

Bees in the attic.(Short Story)
August 1, 2003... "Mom," Ben shouted, running downstairs. "We have bees in our house! I heard them humming in the walls." "Nonsense," Mom said, pouring honey onto Ben's cereal. "Bees live in hives, not houses. You've seen the beeman's hives in the country."...

Workshop.(make a bug catcher)
August 1, 2003... Fireflies are pretty easy to catch. But if you want to catch a lot of fireflies in a hurry YOU NEED the Bug Catcher Plus! It won't only help you light up your bedstand at night with "lightning bugs," but it can also be used to catch other types...

Insects do weird things!(trivia about water stirder, fleas, caddis flies)
August 1, 2003... The water strider has six legs like all insects. This bug holds its short, front legs up under its head. It moves along on its two middle legs and uses its two back legs to steer. The water strider's body never touches the water! This bug...

Mosquitoes.(Poem)
August 1, 2003... Mosquitoes Mosquitoes aren't my favorite bug, In fact I like them least. It is hard to like an insect That wants me as its feast. And if it were not bad enough, The blood they sucked was mine. They...

Who likes bugs?
August 1, 2003... Answer each question with the name of an insect, using the list provided. The highlighted letters spell a person who studies bugs! 1. This insect lives in and eats damp wood. 2. This long, flat bug has many legs. The front pair is...

Quit buggin' me.(mathematical problems using polygons)
August 1, 2003... A polygon is a plane figure consisting of straight line segments. A polygon with 3 sides is called a triangle, a polygon with 4 sides is called a quadrilateral (the quadrilateral may be a square, a rectangle, a parallelogram, etc.), a polygon...

Silverfish.(Poem)
August 1, 2003... The slippy, slidey silverfish Is not a fish at all. A fish does not have legs to run And climb the bathroom wall. Although the silverfish has scales As ocean fishes do, No fish would eat the things he eats, ...

Cricket spitting.(annual competition at Purdue University)
August 1, 2003... How far can you spit a cricket? If you're 52-year-old Danny Capps from Madison, Wisconsin, who holds the Guinness Book World Record for cricket spitting, you can project the insect 32 feet 1/2 inch. That's as long as an ordinary, yellow, school...

Calling all insects!(imitate the sound of buzzing bugs)
August 1, 2003... Buzzing Bugs You sit outside on a warm summer day with a glass of lemonade in your hand, and then you hear it. Its the unmistakable buzz of an insect coming to check you out. Is it a bee or mosquito? A fly or a wasp? How can you tell...

Pal's post office.(list of correspondents )
August 1, 2003... Dear Pal: My name is Brelan, and I am in fourth grade. I am ten years old, and my school is Ascension Day School. I liked the magazine because it was about animals and how they lived and how they reacted to people. Brelan Angelle...

Whirligig.(Poem)
August 1, 2003... The whirligig beetle darts hither and fro. You never can guess which direction he'll go. Zipping and flipping, jigging and jagging, The whirligig zigs when you thought he'd be zagging. Skimming the surface of puddles and...

Nature's papermakers.(baldfaced hornets or paper wasps )
August 1, 2003... Did you know insects were the first creatures to make paper? Many papermaking hornets live in tropical lands, but the baldfaced hornets live in our country. They are social wasps. In spring, the queen collects wood fiber to make her...

Hear a bug stomping around.(Science)(make an amplifier to hear insect songs)
August 1, 2003... There are many sounds too tiny for us to hear. Usually this is good. Imagine how noisy the world would be if we heard snowflakes crashing on the ground, or everyone's heart beating, or the sounds of all the insects clomping around on their six...

The bug lady and the black widow.
August 1, 2003... 1. The poisonous female Black Widow has a red hourglass on her abdomen. This red marking serves as a warning to leave her be. 2. Ma Black Widow--her abdomen, heavy with eggs, is spinning her web. 3. The Black Widow's web is funnel...

Ticklers & teasers.
August 1, 2003... IT'S TRUE! A BEE HAS 5000 NOSTRILS! IT CAN SMELL AN APPLE TREE THAT'S TWO MILES AWAY! I HOPE I'M STILL HUNGRY BY THE TIME I GET THERE. "GUSUNDHEIT!"