Also check out the Reading Rainbow videos. Summer is the time for vacations, camping, hiking and enjoying the outdoors. A good place to do this is in a Minnesota State Park. One of the closer parks to Brainerd is Crow Wing State Park, which is only nine miles south on U.S. Highway 371. Not all ladybugs are female.
Ladybugs are beetles.
The beetles helped farmers by eating other harmful insects. Deep Portage Interpretive Center Visitors are welcome to hike, bike, tour the Deep Portage Interpretive Center and study demonstrations without charge. The Paul Bunyan Nature Learning Center is a non-profit organization whose mission is to help people in the Lakes area to understand and appreciate the environment. The Crow Wing County Historical Society is a fun place for the entire family. Come learn about how and why our county was established.