Using participatory action research methods, questionnaires, daily note taking, and interviewing, this case study reveals 3-D modeling of ecological pests & predator installation, technical problems & ecological solutions, simulated at my ASU Hive OpenSim, sponsored by the UBC.ca. This theme led to correspondence with the ASU website “Ask the Biologist.” It resulted in community learning about the importance of pests in an ecosystem as a complex web of interconnected and dependent ingredients.