Transcript Insects - Kindergarten

Insects
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Bees
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I'm bringing home a baby bumblebee,
Won't my mommy be so proud of me,
(Cup hands together as if holding bee)
I'm bringing home a baby bumblebee,
Ouch! It stung me!
(Shake hands as if just stung)
I'm squishing up the baby bumblebee,
Won't my mommy be so proud of me,
('Squish' bee between palms of hands)
I'm squishing up a baby bumblebee,
Ooh! It's yucky!
(Open up hands to look at 'mess')
I'm wiping off the baby bumblebee,
Won't my mommy be so proud of me,
(Wipe hands off on shirt)
I'm wiping off the baby bumblebee,
Now my mommy won't be mad at me!
(Hold hands up to show they are clean)
Here is the Beehive
Here is the beehive. Where are the bees?
(hold up fist)
Hidden away where nobody sees.
(move other hand around fist)
Watch and you’ll see them come out of the hive
(bend head close to fist)
One, two, three, four, five.
(hold fingers up one at a time)
Bzzzzzzzz… all fly away!
(wave fingers)
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Ladybugs
Ladybird Beetles
( Tune: Jolly Old St. Nicholas)
Ladybirds have spots or stripes
They're yellow, red or green;
They love to live where there are weeds;
Around the world they're seen.
They're in the beetle family
And that is no surprise,
Though some folks call them "ladybugs"
Or even "ladyflies."
They lay their eggs upon a leaf;
Their larva is quite small
With little legs; the pupa stage
Hangs on a leaf or wall.
Their favorite food is aphid pests-They eat a lot each day;
And from their legs a fluid comes
That drives their foes away.
Each beetle has six jointed legs
With which it walks or clings;
It also has two separate pairs
Of very special wings;
The first pair is quite hard and tough,
Protecting what's below:
Transparent wings that it can use
To fly where it should go.
About a hundred years ago
An awful insect pest
Was spoiling California's fruit-The farmers had no rest-Till someone had a great idea
And from Australia came
A beetle that would save the crop:
The ladybird by name.
© Suzy Gazlay
•Ants have the largest brains in the insect world and have enough receptors to
process about the same amount of information as a Macintosh 2. A colony of
about 40,000 ants would combined have the same amount of receptors as 1
human brain.
•South American Army Ants can live in colonies of as many as 700,000 members.
•World wide there are 35,000 different species of ants making them the most
numerous animal in the world.
MANY DIFFERENT JOBS
•Most ants are constantly working (no time to goof off)
•Leaf cutter ants cut out pieces of leaves and carry them back to the colony.
•Some are in charge of caring for the larvae.
•Some are in charge of taking out the trash to a specified dumping area.
•Some are in charge of guarding the nest. (These are the ill tempered ones)
•And others are on a constant search for food and supplies.
FITNESS & LIFE EXPECTANCY
•Ants can lift 20 times their own body weight with their teeth. That is the
equivalent of a 200lb man lifting 4,000lbs with his teeth.
•If people could run as fast as an ant then we would be able to sprint as fast as a
racehorse.
•The average life expectancy of an ant is 45-60 days.
•Worker ants from a Wood Ant colony can live from 7-10 years. The Queen can
live from 10-20 years.
•Some ants get lazy and sleep up to 7 hours a day.
OTHER FACTS
•Adult ants don’t eat but rather drink fluids they squeeze out of their food.
•Ants have 2 stomachs. 1 stomach holds food for the individual ant and the other
stores food for the colony.
•Some birds put ants in their feathers because the ants squirt acid that kills
Mosquito
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