PRESENTS

2. Mrs. Muldowney's Class PRESENTS AMAZING INSECTS June 5, 2012

3. ANT Mason Patrizio James McCullough

4. What Does The Ant Look Like? Clamping Mouth Has a petiole 6 jointed legs Red, black, brown, gold 15,000 types

5. Other Interesting Facts Lifts seeds 5x its weight 4 wings Has a sting 1 in. long omnivore

6. Bee Kiya Snyder Anna Miller

7. What Does The Bee Look Like? Has spiracles Black and yellow stripes Proboscis and jaws 3 simple 2 compound ½ in. Pollen basket

8. Other Interesting Facts Female has stinger Makes home Complete metamorphosis Social Eat nectar and pollen Forage for food

9. Cockroach Billy Salvadore Jeremy Berman

10. WhatDoesThe CockroachLook Like? Brown, gold, white, gray and yellow 6 thin long legs 2 thin long antenna Has sticky feet Has biting-chewing mouth

11. 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

12. Cricket Caroline DeKorte Chloe Reilly

13. What Does The Cricket Look Like? Ears on knees 5 cm. long Spiracles and tympani 2 compound eyes and 3 simple eyes None fly

14. Other Interesting Facts Jumps up to 30 ft. in the air Scavengers and carnivores The male cricket chirps Lay up to 200 eggs a day Big jaws

15. Dragonfly Amelia Jade Burns Bella May Thier

16. What Does The Dragonfly Look Like ? Sharp points on legs Color on wings Front wings spread apart Look like flying dragon Big as child’s hand or child’s finger

17. Other Interesting Facts Breathes water through tail Male holds female’s neck while mating 100,000 eggs While eating doesn’t rest on land deserts

18. Firefly AlaynaCyb Alysha Schneider

19. What Does the Firefly Look Like? Wing cases are brown or black Glows on abdomen Size of adults fingernail Compound eyes

20. Other Interesting Facts State insect of PA Females eat other males Complete metamorphosis Adults are omnivores Larva are carnivores

21. Grasshopper Brett Gardner Joseph Loffredo

22. 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

23. Other Interesting Facts Eats 16 times own weight Herbivores Kicks enemies Spiracles 5 eyes

24. Housefly Henry Higgins Alex de Mets

25. What Does The Housefly Look Like? Brown , black and gray Sponge mouth Has halters Has claws ½ or ¼ inches

26. Other Interesting Facts Eggs are laid in batches of 200 to 300 Lives near humans and other animals Complete metamorphosis Tastes with feet Old at three weeks of age

27. Ladybug Sophia Alfieri Emma Sottile

28. What Does The Ladybug Look Like? 0.08 to 0.4 inches Hard wing, soft wing Special organs on feet Strong jaws

29. Other Interesting Facts Yellow, smelly liquid Special smell Eats aphids 50 aphids per day Not social

30. Monarch Butterfly MaddieJaye Gosling NariFrumaDunn

31. What Does The Monarch Butterfly Look Like? 3 to 4 inches long White spots on black boarder Poisonous Orange, black, and white

32. Other Interesting Facts Eat milkweed plants Lays about 400 eggs Migrate 2,000 to 3,000 miles Lay eggs on milkweed plants

33. Mosquito Daniel Massimini Gavin Radosti

34. What Does a Mosquito Look Like? Less than a centimeter Straw mouth Wings made of scales Compound eyes Body is slender

35. Other Interesting Facts Blood belly attracts predatorss Spread diseases 1,000 to 3,000 eggs Eggs on a raft Fast flyers

36. Praying Mantis Bryan Cavanaugh Buster Chalupa

37. What Does the Praying Mantis Look Like all different colors 0.3-7 inches 4 wings front legs have spikes

38. Other Interesting Facts good for a garden can look 16 meters away lives all around the world carnivores head can turn 180◦

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

40. DEAR FAMILIES, THANKS FOR ALL OF YOUR HELP AND SUPPORT THIS YEAR. HAVE A WONDERFUL SUMMER! Love, Mrs. Muldowney