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Shield bug - photos from the scientist
Burying beetles - a Nat Geo video

Dung beetles - San Diego Zoo Kids page

Pill Roaches - a blog written for adults

Bess Beetles - includes audio of beetles 

The animals on the book's cover look like a pill bugs (also called roly polies or sow bugs), but look again. Count the legs. Think again.

Pill bugs have 7 pairs of legs. Insects have 3. Interestingly, pill bugs and pill roaches share similar adaptations,. They both roll up, carry their young, and curl to protect their young. To learn more about pill bugs watch this PBS video.

Beetle Investigations - grades 3-4 lesson

Bess Bug Lab - force and motion lesson

Ant picnic - Citizen science K-12 lessons