Insect Traits
All insects hatch from these.
Eggs
The top section of all insects is known as this.
the head
I am a social insect who lives in hives and produces a tasty sticky substance.
Honey bee
What is the name of the web spinner that many people think is an insect but it is not.
spider
Are Daddy longlegs spiders?
No!!
Insects have two of these attached to their heads.
Antennae
All insects have this many parts to their bodies.
three
I eat only plants and I can hop, walk and even fly great distances.
Grasshopper
Ants use chemical (blanks) to communicate with each other by leaving trails on the ground.
Signals
Decomposer or an Isopod
An insect has this many pairs of legs.
Three (6 legs total)
Some insects have this at the end of their bodies that can cause great pain.
a stinger
I am found near water sources and the female of my kind like to bite humans.
a mosquito
Bees, termites and ants live in these.
Colonies
What plant can you rub on poison ivy and make slime with?
Jewelweed
What are the three body parts called?
The three body parts are the head, the thorax, and the abdomen.
This is the back section of an insect that holds its digestve tract.
the abdomen
I am very aggressive and build paper nests, stay away from my stinger!
a wasp
What is the hard outside of an insect's body called?
An insect has an exoskeleton on the outside of its body.
How do ants communicate?
Pheromones (sent/dance)
There are said to be this many millions of insect species on the Earth.
Six to ten
An insects 6 legs are atteched to this body part.
thorax
I migrate great distances in the winter, my wings are orange and yellow, and I have four stages in my development.
monarch butterfly
What are the four stages in a complete metamorphosis?
Egg, larva, pupa, and adult.
What is it called when a bug/plant/animal can only survive in certain conditions and we use it to determine the quality of the environment
Indicator species