Bountiful Beetles
The front wings of beetles
Elytra
Fireflies are ___, which means they make their own light.
Bioluminescence
Another name for ladybugs are ___.
Ladybirds or ladybeetles!
Flies are equipped with 2 paddle-like structures called ___.
Halteres!
BONUS: What are these used for?
This fly mimics bees and wasps so it can rob hives of the insects it mimics.
Robber fly!
Beetles are active at night, meaning they are ___.
Nocturnal
More than 90% of the energy a firefly uses to produce bioluminescence is made into ___.
Light
Ladybugs lay their eggs near an ____ colony so that the larvae will have a ready supply of food when they hatch.
Aphid
What would not exist in this world without the midge fly?
CHOCOLATE!
BONUS: What does it do to the cacao plant?
Stylets
Japanese beetles
BONUS: Pesky or beneficial and WHY?
Attract a mate!
other reasons: warm others of danger, OR warn potential predators that it is not a tasty treat!
Thorax
A fly uses its feet to ____.
Taste its food!
Mosquitos prefer to lay their eggs here
Standing water
Some beetle larvae are legless, while others are 6-legged wormlike creatures called __.
Grubs
Glowworms
In the winter, ladybugs like to ____.
Hibernate
Fly larvae are called this
Maggots
Scientists are doing this to control the spread of mosquito-born diseases.
Genetical modifications
Beetles are in this order
Cleoptera
Fireflies eat ___ and ____.
Nectar and pollen!
In the year 1999, what does the textbook say that 4 ladybugs accomplished?
They were astronauts for NASA!
Flies are in this order, because they only have TWO wings.
Diptera
All bugs are insects, but not all insects are bugs. This is because bugs are specific insects in this order.
Hemiptera