June 5, 2012

ANT

o Mason Patrizioo James

McCullough

What Does The Ant Look Like?

o Clamping Mouth o Has a petioleo 6 jointed legs

o Red, black, brown, goldo 15,000 types

Other Interesting Facts

o Lifts seeds 5x its weighto 4 wings

o Has a stingo 1 in. longo omnivore

Bee

Kiya SnyderAnna Miller

What Does The Bee Look Like?

Has spiraclesBlack and yellow

stripesProboscis and jaws

3 simple 2 compound

½ in.Pollen basket

Other Interesting FactsFemale has stinger

Makes homeComplete metamorphosis

SocialEat nectar and pollen

Forage for food

Billy Salvadore Jeremy Berman

Cockroach

What Does The Cockroach Look Like?

Brown, gold, white, gray and yellow

6 thin long legs 2 thin long antenna Has sticky feet Has biting-chewing mouth

Other Interesting Facts

Can live without a head for a week Can run up to 12 ft. in 1 second Only male uses its wings Lays up to 16 to 44 eggs Has 13 predators Are scavengers and omnivores

Cricket

o Caroline DeKorteo Chloe Reilly

What Does The Cricket Look Like?

o Ears on kneeso 5 cm. longo Spiracles and tympanio 2 compound eyes and 3 simple

eyeso None fly

Other Interesting Factso Jumps up to 30 ft. in the airo Scavengers and carnivoreso The male cricket chirpso Lay up to 200 eggs a dayo Big jaws

Dragonfly

Amelia Jade BurnsBella May Thier

What Does The Dragonfly Look Like ?

Sharp points on legsColor on wings

Front wings spread apart Look like flying dragon

Big as child’s hand or child’s finger

Other Interesting Facts

Breathes water through tailMale holds female’s neck while

mating100,000 eggs

While eating doesn’t rest on landdeserts

Firefly

Alayna CybAlysha Schneider

What Does the Firefly Look Like? Wing cases are brown or black

Glows on abdomenSize of adults fingernail

Compound eyes

Other Interesting Facts

State insect of PAFemales eat other males

Complete metamorphosisAdults are omnivoresLarva are carnivores

Grasshopper

Brett Gardner Joseph Loffredo

What Does The Grasshopper Look Like?

Colors such as blue, red, yellow, green and orange

Palps Long jumping legs

Can be up to 90 mm. Pliers mouth

Other Interesting Facts

Eats 16 times own weight Herbivores

Kicks enemies Spiracles 5 eyes

Housefly

Henry HigginsAlex de Mets

What Does The Housefly Look Like?

Brown , black and graySponge mouthHas haltersHas claws

½ or ¼ inches

Other Interesting Facts

Eggs are laid in batches of 200 to 300Lives near humans and other animals

Complete metamorphosisTastes with feet

Old at three weeks of age

Ladybug

Sophia AlfieriEmma Sottile

What Does The Ladybug Look Like?

0.08 to 0.4 inchesHard wing, soft wing

Special organs on feetStrong jaws

Other Interesting Facts

Yellow, smelly liquidSpecial smellEats aphids

50 aphids per dayNot social

Monarch Butterfly

Maddie Jaye GoslingNari Fruma Dunn

What Does The Monarch Butterfly Look Like?

3 to 4 inches longWhite spots on black boarder

PoisonousOrange, black, and white

Other Interesting Facts

Eat milkweed plantsLays about 400 eggs

Migrate 2,000 to 3,000 milesLay eggs on milkweed plants

Mosquito

Daniel MassiminiGavin Radosti

What Does a Mosquito Look Like?

Less than a centimeter Straw mouth

Wings made of scales Compound eyes Body is slender

Other Interesting Facts

Blood belly attracts predatorss Spread diseases

1,000 to 3,000 eggs Eggs on a raft

Fast flyers

Praying Mantis

• Bryan Cavanaugh• Buster Chalupa

What Does the Praying Mantis Look Like

all different colors 0.3-7 inches

4 wings front legs have spikes

Other Interesting Facts

good for a garden can look 16 meters away lives all around the world

carnivores head can turn 180◦

Thank you for sharing our research. We hope you enjoyed our presentation.

HAVE A WONDERFUL SUMMER!

THANKS FOR ALL OF YOUR HELP AND SUPPORT THIS YEAR.

Love, Mrs. Muldowney

DEAR FAMILIES,