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INSECTS
Corinne Savignano
Grade: Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd
Environmental Science
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Praying
Mantis
Ant
Butterfly
Ladybug
Cricket
Bee
Dragonfly
Caterpillar
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Praying
Mantis
• My home:
• I like warm climates and can be found on bushes, trees, and even
houses. I like to be where places where I can find a meal.
• My food:
• I like to eat other insects.
• What I look like:
• Sometimes I am brown and sometimes I am green. I am only 2-3
inches long.
• Fun fact:
• I can see movement up to 60 feet away from me!
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Butterfly
• My home:
• I love warm climates because I am cold-blooded, but that does
not mean you wouldn’t find me somewhere cold. I like to land in
places I can find food.
• My food:
• I like to eat the leaves of off plants.
• What I look like:
• We range in size and we have two wings.
• Fun fact:
• I can not fly unless my body temperature is 86 degrees or more.
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Ladybug
• My home:
• I live all over and can be found in gardens, grass, fields, and forests.
• My food:
• While I am a larva, I only eat 25 aphids a day, but when I grow up I
will eat up to 50 a day.
• What I look like:
• I am usually red, orange, or yellow, and I have black dots. I have
black legs, and antennae, and a head.
• Fun fact:
• If I am threatened, I will play dead.
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Cricket
• My home:
• I like the warm weather. I am usually in fields of grass, under
rocks, and/or under some other debris in the yard.
• My food:
• I like to eat plants and on occasion other insects.
• What I look like:
• I have wings, but they are too small to allow me to fly. I am
about 1 inch in length.
• Fun fact:
• A lot of people think I bring good luck!
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Ants
• My home:
• I live in an anthill which is in the ground, rotted log, or a tree.
• My food:
• I eat a lot ranging from insects to vegetation. I can’t eat whole food, so I
use my jaws to squeeze out the juice.
• What I look like:
• I have two eyes, which are made up of a lot of smaller eyes. I also have six
legs.
• Fun fact:
• I can life an object 10-15 times of my own body weight.
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Bee
• My home:
• I live in a small nest and this is where I spend most of my time.
• My food:
• I drink the nectar from flowers, and I supply it to feel to my younger
bees.
• What I look like:
• I have four wings, a stinger, and I am usually yellow and black.
• Fun fact:
• If you are outside when I am around, just stand quietly. I will realize you
are not a flower and I will move on, besides if I sting you I will die.
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Dragonfly
• My home:
• I like to stay around water and wherever I placed my eggs.
• My food:
• As a larva, I eat small fish and tadpoles. As an adult I like to eat
insects.
• What I look like:
• I range in size from about 1 to 5 inches and I can be almost any color.
• Fun fact:
• I need the warmth to fly, that is why when the sun sets you will not be
able to find me.
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Caterpillar
• My home:
• I like to live in places I can’t be found, usually it is on leaves.
• My food:
• I like to eat leaves, and sometimes I eat the seeds and flowers.
• What I look like:
• I have twelve eyes and six legs.
• Fun fact:
• I turn into a butterfly.
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Review
Question!
I like warm climates, I am sometimes brown, and I can see
up to 60 feet away from me! Who am I?
A. Ladybug
B. Dragonfly
C. Praying Mantis
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I
am usually red, orange, or yellow and I have black
dots. I also can’t see up to sixty feet away from me!
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I
can be almost any color, but I can not see up to sixty
feet away from me. I also like to stay near water!
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 YES!
THAT IS ME! I am usually brown or green and I love
warm climates. I can also see up to sixty feet away
from me!
THIS IS CORRECT!
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