CongiThis is a story about my pet beetle named

Congi. Congi is a rhinoceros beetle from Japan.

Beetle Birthday!

• For my 8th birthday, I got 2 pet beetles from Dr. Crawley. He caught them at Lake Towada. The girl died. I named the male Congi.

Dr. Crawley gave me 2 more girls. I learned how to

feed them. I fed them beetle food ,but they also

like fresh fruit. Congi’s favorite was melon. Beetles

dont need a water dish because they get the juice

from the fruit.

I like to play with beetles. They are very gentle. They like to climb on sticks and dig in the dirt. They are

very active at night.

In November Congi and the girls died. I decided to keep them and start a collection. Dr. Crawley showed me how to pin them.

Bath Time!

I learned how to clean them. I use a soft cloth

or q-tips and water.

One of the beetles's leg broke off, but that’s Ok. I just glued it back using special insect glue.

For Christmas, I got a new insect collection box. Dr. Crawley gave

me some different kinds of insects to put in it until I can catch my

own.

Misawa Home SchoolScience Fair

•I put my new insect collection on

display at the science fair and

showed others how to see my insects

close up in the microscope.

I wrote a book about Congi too!Mom helped me make my science

board.

Title   Congi and Friendsby   Luci Uncpher

   grade 3Misawa Japan

 Assistance provided by: 

Karrie Uncapher (mom) helped with cleaning the insect home, cutting fruit for the insects, pinning the

difficult parts of the insects, supervised use of the microscope.

Dr. Geoff Crawley collected and donated beetles and insects, gave instruction for care of beetles, and

instruction in starting a collection.Bettie Sotomayor helped with the power point.