2.8 How Insects Communicate

Grade 4 ClassPrepared by Tr. Em Agcaoili

• All insect have a way of communicating with other insects of their own kind.

1.Finding food2.Defend their nest3.Finding a mate

A. Sight - recognition• Male dragonflies recognizes female dragonflies

A. Sight - recognition• Fireflies flashes lights to each other

B. Smell

chemical glands produces a certain odor that

other insects picks up with their antennae.

C. Touch – Some insects produce chemical put does not

release it through the air. They instead touch the other

insect with their antennae.

D. Dancing - bees, the waggle dance

E. Sound - cicadas, crickets, mosquitoes

State Bird 3: Meadowlark• Known for its beautiful whistling tune• About the size of a robin• 2 types: Eastern and Western meadowlark• Nests of grass• Beneficial to farmers because it eats insects