Butterflies
The number of wings a butterfly has
What is 4?
Define molt
What is shedding of skin, feathers or hair to form a new outer covering?
Number of main body parts
What is 3?
A young wingless insect
What is a nymph?
True or false
Insects have noses
What is false?
The second stage of a butterfly
What is larva?
The term used to describe the changes of an insect
What is metamorphosis?
The number of legs
What is 6?
Egg -- nymph -- adult
What is incomplete metamorphosis?
True of false
All insects are symmetrical
What is true?
Three purposes of antennae
What is feel, smell, hear, detect air temperature?
Three ways insects protect themselves
What is camouflage, sting, bite, mimic, exoskeleton, hide, odor, bright colors, play dead?
The outside of an insect
What is exoskeleton?
Three types of mouths
What is chewing (mandible), sucking, piercing & sucking, and sponging/lapping?
Another name for adult insect
What is imago?
The chrysalis forms during this stage.
What is pupa?
Major role of an insect
What is pollination?
This body part has the legs and wings attached to it
What is thorax?
Location of the simple eyes
What is top of the head?
name the stages of complete metamorphosis
What is egg, larva, pupa, adult?
type of mouth
What is a proboscis (sucking mouth)?
Person who studies insects
What is an entomologist?
Tube used for laying eggs
What is the ovipositor?
breathing holes
What are spiracles?
Solitary insects use this chemical to attract a mate
What is a pheromone?