YEAR 9 SCIENCE ECOLOGY - COMPOST BIN INVERTEBRATE COUNT

Combined count
Invertebrate Name

Mr Tomazi Group 2

Invertebrate Count
Mr Tomazi Group 3

Mr Walden Group 4 Total

Centipedes
Earthworms
Slaters
Mites
Earwigs
Woodlice
Spiders
Millipedes
Ants
lice
Slugs
Maggot/fly
Mole cricket
Springtails
Total Number of
Invertebrates

44
24
0
17
7
10
2
3
0
2
1
0
1
0
111

16
14
6
5
3
0
3
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
49

37
14
24
0
3
0
2
1
1
0
1
1
0
1
85

97
52
30
22
13
10
7
4
3
2
2
1
1
1
245

CLASS COUNT
Invertebrate/commo
n name

Invertebrate/Scientific
name

Picture/Diagram

Description/Information Count

Centipede

Chilopoda

Centipedes are
arthropods belonging to
the class Chilopoda of
the subphylum
Myriapoda. They are
elongated metameric
creatures with one pair
of legs per body
segment.

Earthworm

Lumbricina

An earthworm is a tubeshaped, segmented

worm commonly found
living in soil that feeds
on live and dead
organic matter. Its
digestive system runs
through the length of its
body. It conducts
respiration through its
skin.

Earwigs

Dermaptera

Earwigs make up the

insect order Dermaptera
and are found
throughout the
Americas, Africa,
Eurasia, Australia and
New Zealand. With
about 2,000 species in
12 families, they are
one of the smaller insect
orders.

Spiders

Araneae

Spiders are airbreathing arthropods

that have eight legs and
chelicerae with fangs
that inject venom. They
are the largest order of
arachnids and rank
seventh in total species
diversity among all other
orders of organisms.

INVERTEBRATE KEY LINK

http://www.ento.csiro.au/education/key/couplet_01.html

In the description/information include information about life cycle, feeding habits, role in an ecosystem anything about their structure that may be related to what they do
in their ecosystem.