Young explorers round up ladybugs at Clark County park — PHOTOS
Bodhi Brouillet, 7, holds the first ladybug find of the day during the Young Explorers program at the Clark County Wetlands Park in Las Vegas, Sunday, March 25, 2018. (Rachel Aston Las Vegas Review-Journal @rookie__rae)
Sophia Barnes, 6, from left, Whitman Taylor, 8, and Bodhi Brouillet, 7, look for ladybugs as part of the Young Explorers program at the Clark County Wetlands Park in Las Vegas, Sunday, March 25, 2018. (Rachel Aston Las Vegas Review-Journal @rookie__rae)
Bodhi Brouillet, 7, shows Whitman Taylor, 8, an ant he caught while looking for ladybugs as part of the Young Explorers program at the Clark County Wetlands Park in Las Vegas, Sunday, March 25, 2018. (Rachel Aston Las Vegas Review-Journal @rookie__rae)
Recreation Assistant Alice Hulslander leads a lesson about lady bugs to children as part of the Young Explorers program at the Clark County Wetlands Park in Las Vegas, Sunday, March 25, 2018. (Rachel Aston Las Vegas Review-Journal @rookie__rae)
Georgette Dokken, 11, from left, her brother Ellis Dokken, 7, Jesse Camacho, 6, and Bodhi Brouillet, 7, pass around an example of a ladybug in the larvae stage as part of the Young Explorers program at the Clark County Wetlands Park in Las Vegas, Sunday, March 25, 2018. (Rachel Aston Las Vegas Review-Journal @rookie__rae)
Recreation Assistant Alice Hulslander leads a lesson about lady bugs as part of the Young Explorers program at the Clark County Wetlands Park in Las Vegas, Sunday, March 25, 2018. (Rachel Aston Las Vegas Review-Journal @rookie__rae)
Georgette Dokken, 11, from left, holds a fake ladybug before passing it to her brother Ellis Dokken, 7, and Jesse Camacho, 6, as part of the Young Explorers program at the Clark County Wetlands Park in Las Vegas, Sunday, March 25, 2018. (Rachel Aston Las Vegas Review-Journal @rookie__rae)
Volunteer Audrey Haas reads a story about ladybugs as part of the Young Explorers program at the Clark County Wetlands Park in Las Vegas, Sunday, March 25, 2018. (Rachel Aston Las Vegas Review-Journal @rookie__rae)
Georgette Dokken, 11, top, and Bodhi Brouillet, 7, create their own ladybugs as part of the Young Explorers program at the Clark County Wetlands Park in Las Vegas, Sunday, March 25, 2018. (Rachel Aston Las Vegas Review-Journal @rookie__rae)
Jesse Camacho, 6, smiles at his mom while making a ladybug as part of the Young Explorers program at the Clark County Wetlands Park in Las Vegas, Sunday, March 25, 2018. The park organizes the free program to get youth introduced to local plants and animals that live in the Wetlands Park through crafts, animal demonstrations, story time, and outdoor exploration. Rachel Aston Las Vegas Review-Journal @rookie__rae
Jesse Camacho, 6, draws the spots on a ladybug as part of the Young Explorers program at the Clark County Wetlands Park in Las Vegas, Sunday, March 25, 2018. (Rachel Aston Las Vegas Review-Journal @rookie__rae)
Sophia Barnes, 6, adds an antenna to her ladybug as part of the Young Explorers program at the Clark County Wetlands Park in Las Vegas, Sunday, March 25, 2018. (Rachel Aston Las Vegas Review-Journal @rookie__rae)
Sophia Barnes, 6, adds an antenna to her ladybug as part of the Young Explorers program at the Clark County Wetlands Park in Las Vegas, Sunday, March 25, 2018. (Rachel Aston Las Vegas Review-Journal @rookie__rae)
Jesse Camacho, 6, left, and Bodhi Brouillet, 7, play with their paper ladybugs as part of the Young Explorers program at the Clark County Wetlands Park in Las Vegas, Sunday, March 25, 2018. (Rachel Aston Las Vegas Review-Journal @rookie__rae)
Cadence Taylor takes a photo of children with their paper ladybugs they made in the Young Explorers program at the Clark County Wetlands Park in Las Vegas, Sunday, March 25, 2018. (Rachel Aston Las Vegas Review-Journal @rookie__rae)
Recreation Assistant Alice Hulslander directs children on how to log the ladybugs they will search for as volunteer Audrey Haas hands a clipboard to Whitman Taylor, 8, as part of the Young Explorers program at the Clark County Wetlands Park in Las Vegas, Sunday, March 25, 2018. (Rachel Aston Las Vegas Review-Journal @rookie__rae)
Jesse Camacho, 6, signs his name on his clipboard that he will use to log ladybugs as part of the Young Explorers program at the Clark County Wetlands Park in Las Vegas, Sunday, March 25, 2018. (Rachel Aston Las Vegas Review-Journal @rookie__rae)
Jesse Camacho, 6, searches for ladybugs as part of the Young Explorers program at the Clark County Wetlands Park in Las Vegas, Sunday, March 25, 2018. (Rachel Aston Las Vegas Review-Journal @rookie__rae)
Kim Cooper, center, shows her children Ellis Dokken, 7, and Georgette Dokken, 11, where to look for ladybugs as part of the Young Explorers program at the Clark County Wetlands Park in Las Vegas, Sunday, March 25, 2018. (Rachel Aston Las Vegas Review-Journal @rookie__rae)
Zoe Ramirez holds her daughter Allyson Ramirez, 2, while looking for ladybugs as part of the Young Explorers program at the Clark County Wetlands Park in Las Vegas, Sunday, March 25, 2018. (Rachel Aston Las Vegas Review-Journal @rookie__rae)
Roxy Ramirez, 8, walks the path to look for ladybugs at the Clark County Wetlands Park in Las Vegas, Sunday, March 25, 2018. (Rachel Aston Las Vegas Review-Journal @rookie__rae)
Recreation Assistant Alice Hulslander shows a ladybug she caught to Roxy Ramirez, 8, from left, Jesse Camacho, 6, and Bodhi Brouillet, 7, as part of the Young Explorers program at the Clark County Wetlands Park in Las Vegas, Sunday, March 25, 2018. (Rachel Aston Las Vegas Review-Journal @rookie__rae)
Recreation Assistant Alice Hulslander shows a ladybug to Bodhi Brouillet, 7, center, and Ellis Dokken, 7, right, as part of the Young Explorers program at the Clark County Wetlands Park in Las Vegas, Sunday, March 25, 2018. (Rachel Aston Las Vegas Review-Journal @rookie__rae)
Roxy Ramirez, 8, from left, her mother Zoe Ramirez, sister Allyson Ramirez, 2, and sister Dalyla Ramirez, 10, check out a captured ladybug during the Young Explorers program at the Clark County Wetlands Park in Las Vegas, Sunday, March 25, 2018. (Rachel Aston Las Vegas Review-Journal @rookie__rae)
Zoe Ramirez shows her daughter Allyson Ramirez, 2, a captured ladybug during the Young Explorers program at the Clark County Wetlands Park in Las Vegas, Sunday, March 25, 2018. (Rachel Aston Las Vegas Review-Journal @rookie__rae)
Dalyla Ramirez, 10, lets a ladybug go during the Young Explorers program at the Clark County Wetlands Park in Las Vegas, Sunday, March 25, 2018. (Rachel Aston Las Vegas Review-Journal @rookie__rae)
Robena Gore takes a photo of a captured ladybug her granddaughter Sophia Barnes, 6, holds during the Young Explorers program at the Clark County Wetlands Park in Las Vegas, Sunday, March 25, 2018. (Rachel Aston Las Vegas Review-Journal @rookie__rae)
Recreation Assistant Alice Hulslander passes out certificates for completing the day's program at the end of the Young Explorers program at the Clark County Wetlands Park in Las Vegas, Sunday, March 25, 2018. (Rachel Aston Las Vegas Review-Journal @rookie__rae)
Recreation Assistant Alice Hulslander passes out a certificate for completing the day's program to Whitman Taylor, 8, as his mom Candence Taylor watches at the end of the Young Explorers program at the Clark County Wetlands Park in Las Vegas, Sunday, March 25, 2018. (Rachel Aston Las Vegas Review-Journal @rookie__rae)
Clark County Wetlands Park organizes a free Young Explorers program to introduce youth to local plants and animals that live in the park through crafts, animal demonstrations, story time and outdoor exploration.
A dozen children and their parents attended Sunday’s event about ladybugs, small beetles that are considered useful insects because they prey on agricultural pests.
The children received a lesson about the stages of a ladybug’s life, listened to a story about them, created their own paper ladybug and explored the wetlands in search of ladybugs.
