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Milkweed Bugs
Survival
Challenge Questions
What Do You Know
100
What is an immature bug?
A nymph is an immature milkweed bug.
100
How many eggs can a female milkweed bug lay?
Female milkweed bugs can lay a cluster of 50 to 100 eggs.
100
What do insects need to survive?
Insects need water, food, water and space to survive.
100
Name the parts of an insects body.
The parts of an insects body are head, thorax and abdomen.
100
What does molt mean?
Molt means when an insect shed their skin.
200
What is a milkweed bug?
A milkweed bug is a true bug that feeds on sunflower seed oils and goes through simple metamorphosis.
200
Milkweed bugs have a tube-like beak for sucking fluids. True or False
True, milkweed bugs have a tube-like beak for sucking fluids.
200
Insects need water to survive. True or False
Yes, true insects do need water to survive.
200
Name two types of insects.
Two types of insects are butterflies and lady bugs.
200
What's an ant?
An ant is a insect.
300
What is a proboscis?
A proboscis is a long mouthpart that looks like a straw or a stinger and it is used for sucking nutrients from sunflower seeds.
300
When do milkweed bugs begin to molt?
Milkweed bugs molt when they shed their first outer skin.
300
Name one of the materials we used to build their habitat.
One of the materials we used to build their habitat was sticks.
300
Name the stages of a milkweed bug’s life cycle in order.
The milkweed bug stages of the life cycle are egg, nymph and adult/milkweed bug.
300
If an ant is an insect. Then how many legs does it have?
It have 6 legs.
400
What is a waxworm?
A waxworm is the greater wax moth.
400
What does a proboscis look like?
Proboscis looks like a beak.
400
What did we put in the vial for the milkweed bugs?
We put water in the vial for the milkweed bug because one of the things that insects need to survive is water.
400
What is a mealworm?
A mealworm is a darkling beetle.
400
What are the stiff hairs on a waxworm's body called?
The stiff hairs on a waxworm's body is called bristles.
500
What is a life cycle?
A life cycle is the stages in the life of an insect.
500
When milkweed bugs eat the seeds. How do they eat the nutrients from the seeds?
A. Chewing B. Sucking C. Biting
500
What did the milkweed bugs like to eat?
The milkweed bugs like to eat raw sunflower seeds.
500
Name the two other parts that insects must have?
The two other parts that insects must have are antennae and wings.
500
What is metamorphosis?
Metamorphosis is when an insect changes and goes through different stages.