Rules and Instructions:
Participants in the various elementary schools will collect their bugs in the fall. Then the ugliest bug will be chosen. A description is written and the bug is sent to the collection site. Then it is just a question of waiting. The winning school will receive a high quality stereomicroscope. There will be a number of runner-up awards including two stereo microscopes for second place. All participating schools will receive a poster showing light microscope and scanning electron microscope photos of your bug.
The complete rules and deadlines can be found by opening or downloading the following Rules File.
Links
The following links will provide you with insect background information
as well as identification information for your Ugly Bug
3-D Insects - three dimensional "virtual insect" images and movies
Insects on WWW - a large collection of insect sites on the web
Bugscope - interactively control an Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope to image insects from your classroom
K-12 Educator Resources - from the Entomology department at Iowa State University
Iowa State Entomology Index: Images - a list of web sites that provide images of insects
B - Eye - the world through the eyes of a honey bee
Book of Insect Records - a book that names insect champions and documents their achievements
Popular Classics in Entomology - books about insects
Entomological Society of America - organization serving entomologists and people in related disciplines
Katerpillars (& Mystery Bugs) - a fun site from the University of Kentucky Department of Entomology with titles like "Bugfood" and "Bug fun"
The Amateur Entomologists' Society Bug Club - club in England for the "Young at heart" who find insects and other creepy crawlies fascinating
Penn State University Department of Entomology - includes a nice site for public science education in entomology
Department of Entomology - The National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Virtual tour of the O. Orkin Insect Zoo - The National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian O. Orkin Insect Safari - The National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution traveling insect show
Yucky Bug World - Roaches Revealed - a fun site dedicated to roaches
