ICCC brings the “Zoo Bug Olympics” to Career Academy for kids to enjoy

Hissing cockroaches, Herculese beetles, tarantulas, meal worms, millipedes, and scorpions invaded the Career Academy in Eagle Grove on Monday, June 13. It wasn’t a pest problem, though. It was part of educating youth about insects and arthropods.

The Iowa Central Career Academy in Eagle Grove hosted the Iowa State University’s Zoo Bug Olympics. School-aged kids were invited to come to the free event, and in addition to learning some interesting facts about insects and anthropoids (invertebrate with segments or jointed legs - like a millipede), they also got to race orange-headed cockroaches and see how much weight a hissing cockroach could pull.

Read the full article in the June 23 edition of the Eagle.