TYPES OF INSECT TO BE COLLECTED ON THE SCIENCE DAY!
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Name Morphology
Stick & Leaf Insects
Gerridae water strider or Gerridae have a
(Bugs) mouthpart evolved for piercing and
sucking, gerrids distinguish
themselves by having the unique
ability to walk on water.
Beetles Head
- mouthpart similar to grasshopper.
- Mandible are a pair of hard,
strong; move horizontally to grasp,
crush, or cut food or enemies.
Thorax
- two parts
- have two pair of wings;real wings
and elytra (shell that protect rear
pair and beetle's abdomen)
Abdomen
- behind metathorax
Extremities
- The multisegmented legs end in
two to five small segments called
tarsi.
- Jewel beetles have bright, shiny
colors. These colors help them
attract and fool their prey. Some
have spots on their elytra that
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
eyes, slender bodies, and small
antennae.
-Dragonflies: stocky, hind
wings broader at base, wings
held open at rest, eyes nearly
touch at top of head
-Damselflies: long and slender,
all wings similar, wings held
closed at rest, eyes separated
on the sides of the head
-Males are territorial; females
Habitat & Behavior Picture
one could likely find water
striders present in any pond,
river, or lake. Scientists have
identified over 1,700 species of
gerrids, 10% of them being
marine.
- Live in all parts of the world
(Deserts, rain forests,
grasslands, moutains, lakes,
plains, meadows and freezing
cold places). Most live on land
and fresh water, except in
saltwater/ polar regions.
- Eat small animals and veggies
- Adaptable to the climates and
conditions of the living
environment
- Beetles camouflage by
covering themselves up so the
predators cant see them.
Mimicry is the beetles weapon
of keeping the predators away.
They look and behave like other
insects that the predators know
can fight back (e.g. flies/
butterflies that are fast moving/
hard to catch)
Dragonflies and damselflies are
aquatic, and live in freshwater
habitats such as streams,
ponds, and lakes. They arent
good swimmers, so you are
likely to find them on aquatic
vegatation or rocks. They need
sunny weather to fly, and when
they do, they are very fast.
 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
to habitat. For example, those that
burrow (such as Ephemera) have
more cylindrical bodies, whereas
those that slide under rock sare
flatter. a single claw on each leg.
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
with chewing mandibles, long,
multiple-segmented antennae,
large compound eyes, and two
or three ocelli. The legs are
robust, with each ending in two
claws. The abdomen is
relatively soft, and may include
remnants of the nymphal gills
even in the adult. Both nymphs
and adults have long, paired
cerci projecting from the tip of
their abdomens.
Butterflyalwayswann Adult butterflies have four wings: a
afly forewing and hindwing on both the
left and the right side of the body.
The body is divided into three
segments: the head, thorax, and
the abdomen. They have two
antennae, two compound eyes, and
a proboscis.
-two flying stages
-male mayflies sometimes take
part in massive mating flights.
-Generally, mayfly nymphs tend
to live in streams, but some can
also be found in still waters.
HABITAT: Both adults and larvae
live primarily in cold, running
streams and rivers. The larvae
live on the bottom of streams
and rivers. A few species prefer
the gravelly shores of mountain
lakes where there is a lot of wave
action. Each species of stonefly
lives in its own special habitat,
including rocky bottoms, in
spaces among loose gravel, piles
of waterlogged leaves and
debris, or on submerged logs.
Adults are found during the day
resting on vegetation, rocks, and
debris along running waters.
They are sometimes attracted to
lights at night.
The average adult butterfly lives
for only two weeks. As adults,
butterflies have two basic jobs:
to eat and reproduce.The
butterfly habitat should be
relatively sunny and out of the
wind. Butterfly habitats should
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
features which make them different
from onther insects.
- able to turn their
head around like human
can.
- Mantids have
modified front legs;
designed to catch prey and
hold them tightly.
- Most adult praying
mantids have wings;
females usually cannot fly,
but males can.
- Mantids occur
on all conteints except
Antarctica.
- Generally,
mantids is a sit-and-wait
predator; this means it
will stay in one plaeand
scan the environment
for potentail prey, and
when they spot their
prey, some species will
actively walk towards it
to catch, other species
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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