june 5, 2012 ant o mason patrizio o james mccullough
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What Does The Ant Look Like?
o Clamping Mouth o Has a petioleo 6 jointed legs
o Red, black, brown, goldo 15,000 types
What Does The Bee Look Like?
Has spiraclesBlack and yellow
stripesProboscis and jaws
3 simple 2 compound
½ in.Pollen basket
Other Interesting FactsFemale has stinger
Makes homeComplete metamorphosis
SocialEat nectar and pollen
Forage for food
What Does The Cockroach Look Like?
Brown, gold, white, gray and yellow
6 thin long legs 2 thin long antenna Has sticky feet Has biting-chewing mouth
Other Interesting Facts
Can live without a head for a week Can run up to 12 ft. in 1 second Only male uses its wings Lays up to 16 to 44 eggs Has 13 predators Are scavengers and omnivores
What Does The Cricket Look Like?
o Ears on kneeso 5 cm. longo Spiracles and tympanio 2 compound eyes and 3 simple
eyeso None fly
Other Interesting Factso Jumps up to 30 ft. in the airo Scavengers and carnivoreso The male cricket chirpso Lay up to 200 eggs a dayo Big jaws
What Does The Dragonfly Look Like ?
Sharp points on legsColor on wings
Front wings spread apart Look like flying dragon
Big as child’s hand or child’s finger
Other Interesting Facts
Breathes water through tailMale holds female’s neck while
mating100,000 eggs
While eating doesn’t rest on landdeserts
What Does the Firefly Look Like? Wing cases are brown or black
Glows on abdomenSize of adults fingernail
Compound eyes
Other Interesting Facts
State insect of PAFemales eat other males
Complete metamorphosisAdults are omnivoresLarva are carnivores
What Does The Grasshopper Look Like?
Colors such as blue, red, yellow, green and orange
Palps Long jumping legs
Can be up to 90 mm. Pliers mouth
What Does The Housefly Look Like?
Brown , black and graySponge mouthHas haltersHas claws
½ or ¼ inches
Other Interesting Facts
Eggs are laid in batches of 200 to 300Lives near humans and other animals
Complete metamorphosisTastes with feet
Old at three weeks of age
What Does The Ladybug Look Like?
0.08 to 0.4 inchesHard wing, soft wing
Special organs on feetStrong jaws
What Does The Monarch Butterfly Look Like?
3 to 4 inches longWhite spots on black boarder
PoisonousOrange, black, and white
Other Interesting Facts
Eat milkweed plantsLays about 400 eggs
Migrate 2,000 to 3,000 milesLay eggs on milkweed plants
What Does a Mosquito Look Like?
Less than a centimeter Straw mouth
Wings made of scales Compound eyes Body is slender
Other Interesting Facts
Blood belly attracts predatorss Spread diseases
1,000 to 3,000 eggs Eggs on a raft
Fast flyers
What Does the Praying Mantis Look Like
all different colors 0.3-7 inches
4 wings front legs have spikes
Other Interesting Facts
good for a garden can look 16 meters away lives all around the world
carnivores head can turn 180◦