JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas –
A group of second graders in the gifted and talented program at Fort Sam Houston Elementary School learned about insects from Dr. William Miller, U.S. Army Environmental Command entomologist, Jan. 31.
Miller spoke to the students and their teacher, Laura Lamoureux, about the characteristics that make up an insect and about metamorphosis, the process in which an insect transforms itself from an immature form to an adult.
The gifted and talented students viewed a display case of insects from South Texas, including moths, cockroaches, flies, dragon flies and beetles, and got the opportunity to see and touch a tarantula, handled by Miller.
Lamoureux said the students have been learning about zoology in class, which includes the study of insects.