{"id":3190,"date":"2020-05-21T08:00:06","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T08:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/?page_id=3190"},"modified":"2020-05-18T14:24:24","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T14:24:24","slug":"__trashed-8","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/__trashed-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Make an Insect Watering Tray"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Encourage flying insects to visit your outdoor space by setting up a safe place to drink water.\u00a0 This is a very simple and quick activity and once your tray is set up you can take a close look at the visitors!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Make an insect watering tray\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c0rK28vFJ8o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>To help you identify some of the flying insects you spot take a look at theses spotter guides.\u00a0 Why not use the guides as inspiration for your own stone decorations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/__trashed-8\/ww-bee-detective\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3197\">WW Bee detective<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/__trashed-8\/butterfly-detective-spotting-sheet\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3198\">WW Butterfly detective <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/__trashed-8\/dragons-and-damsels\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3199\">WW Dragons and damsels<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Replay the video again and see if you can tell if the cranefly (sometimes called a daddy long legs) is male or female.\u00a0 If the end of its tail is square it&#8217;s a male, if it&#8217;s pointed it is female.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rspb.org.uk\/birds-and-wildlife\/wildlife-guides\/other-garden-wildlife\/insects-and-other-invertebrates\/flies\/cranefly\/\">RSPB Information on Craneflies\u00a0<\/a>will tell you more.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Learn More about the Importance of Biodiversity<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Explore Food Chains<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u2018Everything is connected.\u2019<\/strong> If there were no earthworms and other bugs and beasties what would the birds eat?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Play the Web of Life g<\/strong>ame to find out how complicated the connections (sometimes called <em>food chains<\/em> or <em>food webs<\/em>)are between living things.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/members.scouts.org.uk\/documents\/supportandresources\/Cubs\/Omsco\/web%20of%20life%20game.pdf\">Web of Life Game<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Where do flying insects fit into the Web of Life?<\/p>\n<p>Give 3 reasons why we should make our outdoor spaces flying 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