Teeny Tiny Creatures

We help Kush find out all about buzzy, busy bumblebees! Ferne visits a wildflower garden to find different types of bees, while Rory and his son Sandy visit the park looking for bumblebees. They then return home to build their own bumblebee house. Plus, we find out how bumblebees help to make a third of all the food we eat by a process called pollination.

Woody finds out all about superhero spiders! Ferne meets a tarantula and feeds a wolf spider at the zoo, while Rory and his son Sandy go on a spider safari in the garden and at the park. Plus, we find out how spiders are amazing predators that are great for the environment.

Today, Himmat wants to learn about wonderful woodlice! Rory and his son Sandy go hunting for woodlice in the park and build a bug hotel, while Ferne learns that woodlice are crustaceans just like crayfish. Plus, we find out how woodlice are great for the environment – they are little eco-engineers!

Bella has lots of questions about some very special beetles - lovely ladybirds! Ferne meets some sun beetles, horned flour beetles and purple jewel beetles at the zoo, while Rory and his son Sandy look for ladybirds in the greenhouse and build a hibernation station for the garden. Plus, we find out why ladybirds are great for the environment. They are pest controllers, who eat lots of little bugs that can destroy valuable crops.

Jasiri finds out some fascinating frog facts! Rory and his son Sandy hop like frogs to the local lochside and make a pond in their garden. Ferne visits an aquarium to meet some amazing amphibians including poison dart frogs. Also, we find out why frogs' place in the food web makes them so important to the balance of the planet.

Zola-Rose discovers lots of interesting facts about super-slow snails! Rory and his son Sandy search for snails in the garden and put on a very exciting snail race, while Ferne meets some very rare snails and holds a giant African land snail at the zoo. Also, we find out why snails are so important to the environment. They play an important part in a giant food web.

Harper has lots of questions about beautiful butterflies! Ferne visits a butterfly farm and gets up close and personal with lots of amazing butterflies. She even helps feed them, but she has to find them first! Meanwhile, Rory and his son Sandy plant some lovely wild flowers to attract butterflies to the garden. Also, we find out why butterflies are so important to the environment by being great pollinators of different crops.

Holly wants to know all there is to know about wriggly earthworms! Ferne visits a worm farm and meets worm expert Ken, and they handle different species of UK worms. Meanwhile, Rory and his son Sandy search the compost bin and the garden for worms and decide to build a wormery to make worm tea! Also, we find out why earthworms are so important to the planet by being amazing soil engineers.

Ezra discovers lots of interesting facts about crabs! Rory and his son Sandy take a trip to the seaside to look in rock pools for crabs. Ferne meets a crab with no shell of its own at the aquarium. Also, we find out how important crabs are to the environment as they act as little litter pickers of the seabed.

Xiangfeng wants to know all about amazing ants! Ferne visits a leaf cutter ant colony at the zoo, while Rory and his son Sandy head into the forest, looking for wood ants. Also, we find out how ants play an important role in the growing of plants and crops. They are amazing soil engineers!