Insects use for entertainment among children
1) Bumblebees
- Bumblebees that forage within the trumpet-shaped morning glory flowers can easily be trapped by closing the petals, entrapping the bumblebees within
- feeling threatened, the bees will buzz loudly and this will excite children
2) Horned beetles
- With bizarre horns on their head, they become good candidates for insect wrestling games for children
- The males have large horns on the head, females have smaller ones (Figure 1)
3) Dragonflies
- A small amount of rubber latex dabbed on at the end of a coconut frond midrib makes an excellent sticky trap to catch dragonflies
- Once stuck to the latex, the dragonfly will be cleaned using some cooking oil, and a thread is tied to the end of the abdomen
- Upon being released, the dragonfly will fly and the child will hold on to the other end of a thread and run to follow the dragonflies, like a kite, amidst much commotion and excitement (Figure 2)
