Talking Bug Identifier -- magnifying glass/expert system

By at 5:49 am Thursday, Sep 13

The Spark Talking Bug Identifier is a magnifying glass with a bug-identifying expert system built into the handle. Find a bug and answer a series of directed yes/no questions and the glass will tell you what bug you're looking at (as far as it can tell, anyway).
Is it a cricket or a katydid? Help your budding entomologist identify more than 50 real live bugs - simply by answering a series of yes or no questions.
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