Butterflies & Moths
What do butterflies drink?
Nectar from flowers
What do bees make?
Honey
What is the word for when a praying mantis blends into its surroundings.
Camouflage
Ants live in a ______.
Colony
Which animal sucks your blood?
Mosquitos
How many wings does a butterfly have?
Four
Where do bees live?
Hives
What does a Praying Mantis eat?
Spiders, insects, and even small lizards, frogs, birds
What do you call ants that are red and have a very powerful sting?
Fire Ants or Red Velvet Ants
Mosquitos reside around _____.
Water
How do butterflies drink nectar
With their tongues/proboscis
Is a ladybug a kind of beetle?
Yes
Just like the ladybug, the praying mantis does what for the farmers?
Eats bugs harmful to plants
Fireflies have a special power. What is it?
To glow.
How do crickets chirp?
By rubbing their wings together.
How are moths different from butterflies? Name one difference.
Moths have dull color, smaller, thicker bodies, feathery antennae.
Queen Bee
Surprise question!
What are the names of the current substitute librarians?
Miss Ruth and Miss Ellie
(Ms. Merz and Miss Ellie)
Ants can lift up to _____ times their body size.
20 Times
Do you get bitten by female or male mosquitoes?
Female mosquitoes are the ones that bite you
Describe the life cycle of the butterfly? What are the four stages?
Egg --> Caterpillar --> Chrysalis --> Butterfly
How do ladybugs save the farmer's crops?
They eat small bugs that are known to eat the farmer's plants.
True or false? A praying mantis can turn its head 360 degrees.
False. They can, however, turn their head 180 degrees.
Why do fireflies glow?
To alert their predators that they taste bad or to attract mates.
The warmer it is, the ___________ (louder/softer) the sound of the cricket's chirp
louder