Bugs and Insects Traditional Cache
Geocaching HQ Admin: It has come to our attention that this cache no longer complies with the Geocache hiding guidelines. Specifically, "Do not bury geocaches, either partially or completely. You must not create a hole in the ground to place or find a geocache." Therefore, the cache is now archived.
Please remove the cache container and contents as soon as possible.
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This cache is dedicated to the actual dominate species on our planet; bugs and insects. It is located in the Steven J. Underwood Memorial Park with a short flat walk for the find. Cache will hold a fair amount of swag so please follow the geo-caching rules stated inside the container and think Bugs and Insects, if possible, when you trade your swag. Don't forget to return the cache as you found it.
Congrats for the 3 co-FTF's: Tcachers, Terrible T's and 2nd1of3
Insects are all around us, they make up more than half of all living things on the planet. There are more than a million known insect species and there are probably many more waiting to be discovered. True insects are those that are classified in the Class 'Insecta'. They are a major group of arthropods (a type of invertebrate, animals that lack a backbone), and the most diverse group of animals on the Earth. Insects rank among the most successful animals on our planet.
Insects may be found in nearly all environments on the planet, although only a small number of species are found in the oceans where crustaceans, such as crabs and shrimp, tend to predominate instead.
Insects live in almost every habitat on land. Some live in extremely cold environments like those who survive in the peaks of the Himalayas and produce a kind of anti-freezing substance that prevent their body fluids from freezing and those who reside in the Sahara Desert in extremely hot temperatures of over 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit).
There are approximately 5,000 dragonfly species, 2,000 praying mantis, 20,000 grasshoppers, 170,000 butterflies and moths, 120,000 fly, 82,000 true bugs, 360,000 beetles and 110,000 bee, wasp and ant species described to date. Estimates of the total number of current species, including those not yet known to science, range from two million to fifty million.
All insects have a hard exoskeleton (external skeleton) and a three-part segmented body inclusive of a head, thorax and abdomen. They have three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes and two antennae. The legs (and wings, if applicable) are attached to the thorax. Insects breathe through holes called spiracles.
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