Ranger Rick Header Logo Full
  • Animals
  • Games & Jokes
  • Videos
  • Magazines
  • Crafts & Activities
  • Photo Contest
  • Shop
HomeAnimalsCreepy Crawlies

Creepy Crawlies

Ants Ranger Rick May 2017

Ants Rule!

Ants are tiny-but-tough insects that show up for work almost anytime, anywhere! …

Animal Stories
Creepy Crawlies
ant, ants, colonies, colony, pheromones, queen, workers
Make a Changing Caterpillar

Make a Changing Caterpillar

With this craft you can act out a caterpillar’s transformation into a beautiful butterfly. What You Need Felt (1 sheet …

Crafts
Creepy Crawlies
butterfly, caterpillar, chrysalis
Ranger Rick Spiders October 2016

TARANTULA

WATCH OUT—This hairy, scary spider is deadly, right? Well, maybe not. …

Animal Stories
Creepy Crawlies
south america, spider, spiders, tarantula, tarantulas
Ranger Rick Beetles September 2016

Meet the Beetles

There are more kinds of beetles on Earth than any other animal. But how much do you really know about them? …

Animal Stories
Creepy Crawlies
beetle, beetles, larva, metamorphosis, pupa
Praying Mantis Ranger Rick Jr August 2016

The Amazing Praying Mantis

Some people think it looks like this insect is praying. But with its folded front legs, the mantis is ready to pounce on any creature small enough to catch. …

Animal Stories
Creepy Crawlies
antenna, conhead mantis, dead leaf mantis, egg, orchid mantis, thistle mantis, wandering violin mantis
Ranger Rick Staying Alive June July 2016

Stayin’ Alive

There’s more than one way to avoid being eaten—especially if you’re an insect. …

Animal Stories
Creepy Crawlies
bee, bush-cricket, cicada, io moth, leaf katydid, moth caterpillar, tent caterpillars, wasp

Busy, Buzzy Bees

“Busy as a bee” is more than just a saying. As you’ll soon discover, honey bees have a lot going on. …

Animal Stories
Creepy Crawlies
bee, bees, bumble bee, carpenter bee, drone, honey, honeycomb, larvae, leafcutter bee, mason bee, pollination, queen, worker
Honeybees

Honey Bees Perform Waggle Dance

Honey bees perform a waggle dance inside a hive to show where a food source is to other worker bees.

Video by Ammonite/ Nature Picture Library …

Creepy Crawlies
Videos
bee, bees, honey, honeybee

Build a Bug Jug

Recycle a plastic bottle into a temporary home for bugs so you can observe them, then set them free.   …

Crafts
Creepy Crawlies
creepy crawlies, insects, life cycle

Monarchs Rule!

Of all the different butterflies flitting through the skies of North America, no kind is as famous as the monarch. …

Animal Stories
Creepy Crawlies
butterflies, butterfly, caterpillar, chrysalis, migration, monarch, monarchs, proboscis

Posts navigation

1 … 7 8 9 10
NWF logo

The National Wildlife Federation

Uniting all Americans to ensure wildlife thrive in a rapidly changing world

PO Box 1583, Merrifield, VA 22116-1583

  • View NationalWildlife’s profile on Facebook
  • View nwf’s profile on Twitter
  • View nationalwildlife’s profile on Instagram
  • View nwfpins’s profile on Pinterest
  • View NationalWildlife’s profile on YouTube
  • View NationalWildlife’s profile on Google+
”charity ”charity ”charity ”charity ”charity

National Wildlife Federation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization

Ranger Rick logo art
  • Magazine Subscriptions
    • Customer Service
    • Print Subscriptions FAQ
    • Digital Subscriptions FAQ
    • Renew
    • Classroom Subscriptions
    • Payment Terms
  • Family Fun
    • Garden for Wildlife
    • Butterfly Heroes
  • Educators
    • Educator’s Guides
    • EcoSchools
    • Schoolyard Habitats
  • About Us
    • Awards & Honors
    • NWF.org
    • Shopping
    • Donate
    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms of Use
    • Communication Preferences
  • View RangerRickMags’s profile on Facebook
  • View RangerRickMags’s profile on Twitter
  • View RangerRickMags’s profile on Instagram
  • View rangerrickmags’s profile on Pinterest

CONGRATULATIONS!

More Ranger Rick Activities

 

Congratulations!

Back to Activities

 

SHARE YOUR ACHIEVEMENT

 

CONGRATULATIONS!


SHARE WHAT YOU MADE

 

 

CONGRATULATIONS!

Share Your Joke