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Shake a tree

Crawlers

Moth caterpillar on leaf

Fast runners

Harvestman

Slow walkers

Green shield bug

Hoppers

Meadow froghopper

Remember to return all creatures unhurt, to the ground beneath the tree or shrub where you found them, so they can climb back home again.

How do your creatures move?Can you find bugs that do any of these things?

You’ll need a pale sheet for this activity. Find a tree or bush with some low-hanging branches and lay your sheet underneath.

• Shake the branch or gently hit it with a stick once (no need to keep hitting because most minibeasts will hang on after the initial tap). Don’t be too rough or you will damage it. Now see what has landed.

Write and

tell us about

what you found

when you

shook a tree.

The RSPB is a registered charity in England & Wales 207076, in Scotland SC037654 770-0214-18-19 Moth larva by Richard Revels, green shield bug and meadow froghopper by Jeroen Stel and harvestman by Jennie Smith (all rspb-images.com), ladybird, wellies, soil and pencil by iStockphoto.com, cricket by fotolia.com, magnifying glass by dreamstime.com and spider by Shutterstock

Write down what you found and what the bugs were doing here. If you like, you could send us a picture of this page to tell us what you saw.

What did you shake out?

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