June 5, 2012

ANT o Mason Patrizio o James McCullough

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

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

Bee Kiya Snyder Anna Miller Kiya Snyder Anna Miller

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

Other Interesting Facts Female has stinger Makes home Complete metamorphosis Social Eat 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 DeKorte o Chloe Reilly

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

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

Dragonfly Amelia Jade Burns Bella May Thier

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

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

Firefly Alayna Cyb Alysha Schneider

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

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

Grasshopper  Brett Gardner JJoseph Loffredo

What Does The Grasshopper Look Like?  Colors such as blue, red, yellow, green and orange PPalps LLong jumping legs CCan be up to 90 mm. PPliers mouth

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

Housefly  Henry Higgins  Alex de Mets

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

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

Ladybug Sophia Alfieri Emma Sottile

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

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

Monarch Butterfly Maddie Jaye Gosling Nari Fruma Dunn

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

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

Mosquito Daniel Massimini Gavin 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 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,