Am I an Insect or Something Else?
Insect Bodies
Life Cycle Stages
Insect Behavior
What Insect Am I?
100

Ant

Yes! I am an insect

100
How many legs does an insect have?
An insect has six legs.
100
What is the first stage of an insect's life?
Insects start as eggs.
100

Monarch caterpillars eat the leaves of this plant to help make them poisonous 

Milkweed

100
I live in a hive and make honey.
I am a bee!
200

Beetle

Yes! I am an insect 

200
How many body parts does an insect have?
An insect has three body parts.
200

What insect life stage is a caterpillar?

A caterpillar is a larva.

200

How do bees communicate where to find food or a new nest site?

The waggle dance

200
I come in many colors and have two pairs of wings.
I am a butterfly!
300

Spider

No! A spider has too many legs to be an insect.

300
What are the three body parts called?
The three body parts are the head, the thorax, and the abdomen.
300

What is the name for the chamber similar to a chrysalis that beetles and many other insects use to change into their adult bodies?

Pupas

300
How do insects feel and smell?
They can feel and smell with their antennae.
300
I live in a colony underground.
I am an ant!
400

Centipede

No! A centipede has too many legs to be an insect!

400
What is the hard outside of an insect's body called?
An insect has an exoskeleton on the outside of its body.
400
What stage are insects in when they are inside a cocoon?
They are pupas.
400

What is it called when insects adapt their bodies or behavior to blend in with their environment?

Camouflage

400

I can make music by rubbing little teeth on my wings together

I am a cricket.

500

Isopod/Rolli-polli/Pill bug/Potato bug

No! I am a crustacean

500
Where are the insect's legs attached?
They are attached to the thorax.
500
What are the four stages in a complete metamorphosis?
Egg, larva, pupa, and adult.
500
What word means 'a series of changes an insect goes through as it grows'?
Metamorphosis!
500
I am long and thin. I walk very slowly and use camouflage so that I blend in with the twigs around me.
I am a walking stick!
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