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Welcome to our Insect
Power Point Presentation
by Mrs. McNamara, Mrs. Gerstlauer, and Mrs. Dougherty’s Second Grade Students
Goodnoe Elementary School June 10, 2011
About our Projects • We found a strange insect while we were working in the Goodnoe
Garden and wanted to know if it should stay in the garden or if it needed to leave.
• We looked in nonfiction books and on the internet to help us decide. We took notes to keep track of what we read.
• After we finished our research, we reached a conclusion about if the insect we found could stay in the garden or if it had to leave. You can ask us later what we decided.
• We made many projects with the information we learned. One of them is a power point presentation we will present in a few minutes. Later we will share our research reports, diagrams, riddles, poems, and models with you too.
• We are glad you are here and hope you learn a lot about insects today.
• Yellow eggs ~ laid on bottom of leaves
• Complete life cycle ~ three weeks
• Life span ~ 2-3 years
• Mate ~ sent of smell
• Size of pupa
• 4¼ inches
• 5,000 kinds
• Main parts
• Thorax - 4 wings, 6 legs
• Head - 2 antenna, 2 eyes, mandibles
• Abdomen
• Colors and spots
The Ant’s
Physical Description
Size: 1/21 – 1 ½ inches
Types of eyes: compound, simple
Main colors: black and red
Cool Facts
About Ants
Run as fast as a racehorse
Lay 100,000 eggs
Have 250,000 brain cells
Eat sugary waste
Dragonfly
Researched by:
Kara
and
Margo
http://www.biology-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/11-
2006/clues-from-dragonfly-about-human-
obesity.html
Physical Description
of the Dragonfly
Colors
-blue, green, yellow,
red, other
Ranges from 2-4 inches
Three body parts
-head, thorax, abdomen
Two eyes
Two antennas
http://www.valdosta.edu/~sljennin/topic1.html
A Dragonfly’s Diet
Eats insects -Flies, mosquitoes, gnats, butterflies, bees and other dragonflies
Uses mandibles to munch food Helpful to the environment Helpful to humans
Did You Know…
Fastest fliers
Flap wings 20 times per second
Have the biggest insect eyes
Can eat their own body weight
3,000 kinds of dragonflies
Life Cycle and Mating
• 1 year and 8 months
• Glows to attract a mate
• Complete metamorphosis
• Lays eggs in leaves, moss, and grass
• Eggs glow
Physical Description
of a Firefly
• 1 inch long
• 4 wings
• Black with orange-yellow stripes
• 6 legs, 2 antennae, 2 eyes
• 3 main body parts:
head, thorax, and abdomen
• Mandibles
Cool Facts
• Abdomen glows at night
• Has bioluminescence
• Females longer than males
• Larva have poisonous bite
All colors, have stripes
Sheds its outer skin
Main body parts Head (antenna, eyes, mouth)
Thorax (wings, legs)
Abdomen
Insect Protection
of Houseflies
Protects itself by flying away
Females bite
Dangers to a housefly
Fly’s parasites eat their pupa/larva
Habitat of the Housefly Worldwide except Antarctica
Near human habitation
Near sugary or decaying matter
Survive the winter in barns, attics,
caves, tree trunks
Life Cycle and Mating
of the Housefly
Complete metamorphosis:
egg, larva, pupa and adult fly
Use eyesight and smell to pick a mate
Mate in the air
Fun Facts About the Housefly
Only insect to have 2 wings
Most dangerous insect in the world
Will follow each other to find food
Can be smaller than a fingernail
Can be larger than a paperclip
Life Cycle and Mating
Life Cycle Complete Metamorphosis
Egg: 3 days
Caterpillar: 10 days
Chrysalis: 2 weeks
Butterfly: 1-9 months
Mating Males wave wings and send off smells
Eggs are blue-green color
Females lay eggs on the bottom of a
milkweed leaf
Physical Description of a
Monarch Butterfly
• Colors: orange and black
• Spots and stripes on wings; scales rub off easily
• Wingspan is 3½ inches
• 3 main body parts
– Head (antenna, eyes, proboscis)
– Thorax (wings, legs)
– Abdomen
• Colors help them stay safe
• Very poisonous
•Starts out as a caterpillar
Cool Facts
• Very poisonous
• Bright colors to warn others
• Taste bad because caterpillar stores milkweed
• Birds get sick from eating monarchs
Diet of a Mosquito Females drink blood Males eat nectar and fruit Uses its proboscis to suck Eating habits are harmful –To environment –To humans
Mosquito Life Cycle and Mating
Complete metamorphosis Egg, larva, pupa, adult
Lays eggs in standing water Life cycle takes a month Males form a swarm; females fly in to mate
Fun Facts About the Mosquito
Females need energy to lay eggs; get energy from blood Use sight and smell to bite Don’t like to travel; stay near breeding site
HABITAT OF A PRAYING MANTIS
• NORTH AMERICA AND SOME PARTS OF
AUSTRALIA AND ASIA
•LEAFY TREES, HIGH GRASS, SHRUBS
•BLEND IN WITH THEIR HABITAT
A PRAYING MANTIS’
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
• 6 INCHES LONG, 0-4 WINGS, MANDIBLES
• CAN BE GREEN, BROWN, PINK, WHITE,
YELLOW, OR TAN
• MANTIS’ BODY TEMPERATURE
TERMITE’S DIET
H O W T H E Y E AT H E L P F U L E AT I N G
H A B I T S H A R M F U L H A B I T S
HABITAT OF A TERMITE LOCATION
Africa, Australia, parts of America
KINDS OF HOMES wood, combs, dirt, nests, mounds
WINTER SURVIVAL
FUN FACTS
INCOMPLETE LIFE CYCLE (egg, nymph, termite)
EXCELLENT BUILDERS LIVE LONG LIVES EXCELLENT CHEWERS
• Thank you for listening to our presentations.
• We enjoyed completing our research.
• We learned a lot about insects.
• We hope you learned a lot too.
Credits
Mrs. McNamara, Mrs. Gerstlauer, & Mrs. Dougherty’s
Second Grade Research Teams:
Ladybug … Olivia & Grace
Ant … John & Shawn
Dragonfly … Kara & Margo
Firefly … Amanda & Jillian
Grasshopper … Tejan & Ian
Housefly … David, Alex, & Benny
Monarch Butterfly … Riley & Leah
Mosquito … Zane & Dylan
Praying Mantis … Megan & Sarah
Termite … Brady & Kyle
- Credits Continued
A big thank you to our
6th Grade Buddies
in Mrs. Lieberman’s Class.
• Thank you for sharing your expertise in creating Power Point Presentations. You helped us make our slides look amazing.
• Thank you for sharing tips on how to give a presentation. You helped us look and sound professional.