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Hissing Roach Pays a Visit to the Vinings Library
Published Jul 3, 2008
(Updated Jul 8, 2008)
Several aspiring entomologists got up close and personal with a Madagascar hissing cockroach at a Cobb County 4-H seminar. The event is part of the ‘Catch the Reading Bug’ literacy program taking place throughout Cobb County Public Libraries. Reading Bug programs are intended to encourage youth to visit their local library and read. For information on more Catch the Reading Bug programs logon to http://www.cobbcat.org/Children.htm or call (770) 801-5330.
Photos by Erika Ruthman.
Kate McMillan, 3, observes a Madagascar hissing cockroach during a Cobb County 4-H presentation at the Vinings Library July 2.
Rachel Romero (left), 15, fixes bug wings to Megan McCabe (right), 7. Romero talked about bug basics to the audience of children.
Rachel Romero, 15, displays a Madagascar hissing cockroach. Romero, a senior 4-H member and assistant, help to explain bug basics to an audience of more than a dozen children ages 7 and younger.
Luke Chen (left), 7, Eric Chen (right), 5, and their mother Yufang Yi (center) scrutinize a framed display of bugs.
