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INSECTS
WAXWORMS
BUTTERFLIES
Bibliography Biography
FOSS
MEALWORMS
Living insects need…
• Air• Food• Water• Space• To be treated with CARE and
RESPECT
3 Parts of an Insect
•Head•Thorax•Abdomen
The stages of a mealworm
• Egg
• Larva
• Pupa
• Adult
Mealworms are actually
darkling beetles
LARVE
The mealworm is not a worm.It is a larve.
Mealworms molt as they grow.
They also change colors
as they grow.
Molting - the shedding of the tough skinlike cuticle
so the mealworm can grow.
The mealworms molt about 5 times before it changes into a PUPA!
PUPA
The mealworm does not move in this stage. Inside, the
mealworm is turning into a BEETLE!
ADULT
After 2-3 weeks the PUPA molts for the last time. It then emerges as an adult
beetle.
The ADULT…
• Lives for about 30 days.• It can survive on bran and an
apple or potato for moisture.• Flaps its wings when it is ready
to mate.• Lays eggs a few days after
mating.
Waxworm Life Cycle
•Egg•Larva•Pupa•Adult moth
Waxworms will eventually turn into Wax Moths
Waxworms make SILK
This helps the larve walk and is used to build a
protective cocoon
After gorging itself as a chubby white larva, the
waxworm is ready to pupate.
The waxworm rests and transforms into pupae after the larve spins a
cocoon.
After about 2 weeks the adult moth emerges.
The adults do not eat or drink!
After mating the females lay their eggs and die.
Life Cycle of a Painted Lady
• Egg• Larva - caterpillar• Pupa - chrysalis• Adult butterfly
*The series of transformations isCOMPLETE METAMORPHOSIS
Painted Lady caterpillars turn into BUTTERFLIES
The painted lady constructs a chrysalis
when they pupate.
A chrysalis is a smooth plasticlike protective
cocoon.
The painted lady emerges from the cocoon after
about 10 days.
A beautiful painted lady butterfly emerges.
The butterflies…
• Are very strong fliers.• Live well on sugar water.• Live up to 30 days.
Mrs. Daniels
Hello Young Scientists! I am a first grade teacher at Jacksonwald Elementary in Reading, Pennsylvania. I have a husband, Jason and two children, Josh and Rian.We all love the outdoors and enjoy looking at nature and all of her creatures.This is one of my favorite science units to teach to my first graders.Our favorite part is watching the butterflies come out of their cocoons.We have so much fun letting the beautiful butterflies go at the end of the unit.
Bibliography
• Insects, Delta Education, 2001.• www.exeter.k12.pa.us• www.fossweb.com