TYPES OF INSECT TO BE COLLECTED ON THE SCIENCE DAY!
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Name Morphology Habitat & Behavior Picture
Stick & Leaf Insects
Gerridae water strider or Gerridae have a one could likely find water
(Bugs) mouthpart evolved for piercing and striders present in any pond,
sucking, gerrids distinguish river, or lake. Scientists have
themselves by having the unique identified over 1,700 species of
ability to walk on water. gerrids, 10% of them being
marine.
Beetles Head - Live in all parts of the world
- mouthpart similar to grasshopper. (Deserts, rain forests,
- Mandible are a pair of hard, grasslands, moutains, lakes,
strong; move horizontally to grasp, plains, meadows and freezing
crush, or cut food or enemies. cold places). Most live on land
Thorax and fresh water, except in
- two parts saltwater/ polar regions.
- have two pair of wings;real wings - Eat small animals and veggies
and elytra (shell that protect rear - Adaptable to the climates and
pair and beetle's abdomen) conditions of the living
Abdomen environment
- behind metathorax - Beetles camouflage by
Extremities covering themselves up so the
- The multisegmented legs end in predators cant see them.
two to five small segments called Mimicry is the beetles weapon
tarsi. of keeping the predators away.
They look and behave like other
- Jewel beetles have bright, shiny insects that the predators know
colors. These colors help them can fight back (e.g. flies/
attract and fool their prey. Some butterflies that are fast moving/
have spots on their elytra that hard to catch)
resembles eyes which startles the
predator, which gives the beetle the
time to escape. Cryptic beetles
have bodies that blend in with the
trees.
Dragonfly/Damselfly -Membranous wings, large Dragonflies and damselflies are
eyes, slender bodies, and small aquatic, and live in freshwater
antennae. habitats such as streams,
-Dragonflies: stocky, hind ponds, and lakes. They arent
wings broader at base, wings good swimmers, so you are
held open at rest, eyes nearly likely to find them on aquatic
touch at top of head vegatation or rocks. They need
-Damselflies: long and slender, sunny weather to fly, and when
all wings similar, wings held they do, they are very fast.
closed at rest, eyes separated
on the sides of the head
-Males are territorial; females
cruise through territories to
find places to lay eggs.
-Larvae lack wings, and take
up to five years to mature into
adults. Adults can live up to
one year. Some species
migrate for thousands of miles.
Mayfly their body shape varies according -two flying stages
to habitat. For example, those that -male mayflies sometimes take
burrow (such as Ephemera) have part in massive mating flights.
more cylindrical bodies, whereas -Generally, mayfly nymphs tend
those that slide under rock sare to live in streams, but some can
flatter. a single claw on each leg. also be found in still waters.
This differentiates them from the
closely related stoneflies which
have two tarsal claws.
Grasshopper
- Its has a short moustache.
Its has 3 section. all most
found on the leaf ,
Stonefly They have simple mouthparts HABITAT: Both adults and larvae
with chewing mandibles, long, live primarily in cold, running
multiple-segmented antennae, streams and rivers. The larvae
large compound eyes, and two live on the bottom of streams
and rivers. A few species prefer
or three ocelli. The legs are the gravelly shores of mountain
robust, with each ending in two lakes where there is a lot of wave
claws. The abdomen is action. Each species of stonefly
relatively soft, and may include lives in its own special habitat,
remnants of the nymphal gills including rocky bottoms, in
even in the adult. Both nymphs spaces among loose gravel, piles
and adults have long, paired of waterlogged leaves and
cerci projecting from the tip of debris, or on submerged logs.
their abdomens. Adults are found during the day
resting on vegetation, rocks, and
debris along running waters.
They are sometimes attracted to
lights at night.
Butterflyalwayswann Adult butterflies have four wings: a The average adult butterfly lives
afly forewing and hindwing on both the for only two weeks. As adults,
left and the right side of the body. butterflies have two basic jobs:
The body is divided into three to eat and reproduce.The
segments: the head, thorax, and butterfly habitat should be
the abdomen. They have two relatively sunny and out of the
antennae, two compound eyes, and wind. Butterfly habitats should
a proboscis. last all summer, meaning that
you should select plants that
bloom at different times so that
something is always blooming.
Madtids Madtids have some special - Mantids occur
features which make them different on all conteints except
from onther insects. Antarctica.
- able to turn their - Generally,
head around like human mantids is a sit-and-wait
can. predator; this means it
- Mantids have will stay in one plaeand
modified front legs; scan the environment
designed to catch prey and for potentail prey, and
hold them tightly. when they spot their
- Most adult praying prey, some species will
mantids have wings; actively walk towards it
females usually cannot fly, to catch, other species
but males can. will contiue wait unti it is
close enough to be
caught.
- Adult female
mantids will emit a
pheromone when she is
ready to mate. The male
can smeel this
pheromone of his own
species from miles
away and will fly
towards her.
Crickets - Brown to black - Crickets live under
rocks and logs in
- Front wing varying in meadows, pastures
length, covering half to and along roadsides.
entire abdomen Many are nocturnal.
- Antennae about as - Only male crickets
long as distance from sing and fight, and
head to end of they can be extremely
abdomen defensive of their
territory. Females,
- Wings held flat over once fertilized, can be
body seen sticking their
ovipositor into the soil.
- Hind wings folded
and hidden under
leathery front wings
Grasshoppe Grasshopper has a Appearance
r chewing type. It has a Brown, with some darker
thread moustache. The markings
front wings is like a Black herringbone pattern
skin. It back wings is on hind femur
slim and can see Big hind legs for jumping
through it, which 2 pairs of wings: forewings
located under the front narrow and relatively hard; hind
wings. It front legs is wings large, membranous
walking legs and it Antennae not very long,
back legs is jumping 20-24 segments
legs. It has a speacial Conspicuous eyes
sound for protect them Habitat
from danger, find a Widespread in U.S.
mate and communicate Where to find
each other. Grasshoppers are around in the spring and
summer.You can find it on a leaf or in the
graden.
Moths smilar to butterflies Moths frequently appear to circle
artificial lights, although the reason for
Moth antennae can this behavior remains unknown. One
be quite varied in hypothesis to explain this behavior is
appearance, but in that moths use a technique of celestial
particular lack the navigation called transverse
club end. orientation.
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