Insect Studies
Requirements 1993
- Tell how insects are different from all other
animals. Show the differences among insects, centipedes, and spiders.
- Point out and name the main parts of an insect.
- Collect and mount 50 different species.* Include
6 orders and 18 families of insects. Label each with common and scientific
names where possible.
- Describe the things that distinguish each of the
families and orders in your collection.
- Show your collection.
- Compare the life histories of a butterfly and a
grasshopper. Tell how they are different.
- Raise a butterfly or moth from a caterpillar.
- Tell the things that make social insects
different from solitary insects.
- Collect and watch an ant colony or a beehive.
Tell that you saw.
- From your collection, identify:
- Four species of insects helpful to people. Tell
how they are helpful.
- Six species of harmful insects. Tell how they
can be controlled.
- Tell how insects fit in the food chains of other
insects, fish, birds, and mammals.
*NOTE: Some insects are endangered species and are
protected by federal and state law. Be sure to check in advance to make
sure that anything you collect is not protected.
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