1. 19,000 Insects 12,000 from Honduras 140 Countries
Gr 2-4
Welcome to the CURLA Entomology Museum
19,000 Insects
12,000 from Honduras
140 Countries
Almost the whole world

4. 3% Animals with a spinal column Vertebrates Mammals Birds Reptiles
66,178
5,513
10,425
Reptiles
Fish
Amphibians
10,038
7,302
32,900

5. 97% Animales without a spinal column Invertabrates
1,305,250
Protozoans: very primitive like amoebas
97%
Metazoa:
Insects
Mollusks
Spiders
Crustaceans
Etc.
1,000,000
Sponges
Jellyfish
Corals
Tapeworms
Worms
85,000
102,248
2,175
47,000
68,827

6. + Arthropods External skeleton, segmented body, jointed legs.
Crustaceans: shrimp, crabs.
Centipedes: run very fast, poisonous.
15 pairs of legs (2 feet per segment).
Millipedes: move slowly, 30 pairs of legs (4 feet per segment).
Arachnids: 8 feet, 2 part body.
Insects: hard exoskeleton, 3 part body: head, thorax, abdomen. Antennae, 6 feet. Usually 2 pairs of wings.

7. 1,000,000 Different Insects The insects are divided into 33 orders by:
Type of mouth
Type of wings
Type of metamorphosis
¡75% of the insects are smaller than 6 mm!

8. Atropodos del Planeta Tierra
Ver Programa
Much information about:
Insects
Crustaceans
Spiders
Centipedes
GAMES
Millipedes
Heaviest, fastest, etc.

9. Complete Metamorphosis
The butterflies
mate the same
day they are born.
Complete Metamorphosis
Larva (caterpillar)
Egg
Adult
Pupa

10. Caterpillar Song Sung to: “Up on the House Top”
First comes a butterfly and lays an egg, Out comes the caterpillar with many legs.
Oh, see the caterpillar spin and spin, A little cocoon (chrysalis) to sleep in.
Oh, oh, oh, look and see Oh, oh, oh, look and see
Out of the cocoon (chrysalis) my, oh, my Out comes a pretty butterfly.

11. Incomplete Metamorphosis
Nymph1
Egg
Nymph 2
Adult

12. What Butterflies Eat Nectar Pollen Proboscis Trap for butterflies that
eat fruit.
Proboscis
Nectar
Pollen
Water
Fermenting fruit

13. There are approximately 15,000 butterflies and 150,000 moths.
Moths and Butterflies
There are approximately 15,000 butterflies and 150,000 moths.
Moths
Body covered
with hair
Feathery antennae or pointed tip
Wings flat when
resting
Dark colors
Wings connected
by a spine
Silk cocoon
Fly at night

14. There are approximately 15,000 butterflies and 150,000 moths.
Moths and Butterflies
Gr 2-4
There are approximately 15,000 butterflies and 150,000 moths.
Body with no
hair
Butterflies
Antennae thicker
at the tip.
More colorful
Sits with wings
closed above the
body.
Smooth
chrysalis
Fly during
the day
Lobed
hindwing

15. Museum Specialties (1) Thysania agrippina Attacus atlas
Moth with widest wingspan
in the world up to 30 cm.
The one from La Ceiba
is 28 cm.
Attacus atlas
(Philippines)
Moth with the most surface
area in square centimeters.

16. Museum Specialties Morpho cypris Chrysiridia ripheus
(On the North Coast of Honduras)
One of the shiniest butterflies
of Honduras.
Chrysiridia ripheus
(Only in Madagascar)
Most colorful moth of
the world.

17. Museum Specialties (3) Goliathus goliathus Amphimoea walkeri
(Rwanda, Africa)
Heaviest insect of the world.
100 grams or 3.5 ounces.
Amphimoea walkeri
(La Ceiba, Honduras)
Moth with the longest mouth of
the world. Maximum 28 cm. It
Feeds on a special orquid flower.

18. Museum Specialties (4) Acrocinus longimanus Pandinus imperator
(La Ceiba, Honduras)
Insect with the longest legs in
the world.
Pandinus imperator
(West Africa)
Largest scorpion of the world.
Not dangerous.

19. Museum Specialties (5)
Bear Face Cockroach (In the forest of La Ceiba, Honduras)
Big Black Cockroach (In the forest of La Ceiba, Honduras)
These big coackroaches are good decomposers in dead trees.

20. Museum Objectives
The museum opened in April, 1996 with the following objetives:
To create an awareness of the tremendous beauty and diversity of the insect world.
To portray the importance of insects.
To stress the importance and need to conserve the habitats where these creatures live.
To serve as an educational arthropod center.
To help promote the city of La Ceiba and Honduras as a tourist destination.

21. Endemic insects of Honduras are only found in the country of Honduras; no other country in the world. According to a study conducted by the Panamerican Agricultural University Honduras has at least 15 insects that are only found in Honduras.

27. Hearts in Butterfly Wings
Butterflies
Parnassius

28. GO. Trap Jaw Ant Jump backwards video Jump vertical video
Odontomachus bauri are commonly known as trap jaw ants. They have a very big pair of mandibles capable of opening 180 degrees. The ants open the mandibles as far as possible which are then locked into position with some internal mechanism. The energy is stored in a group of thick muscles. This energy is released in a powerful explosion by the stimulation of some sensory hairs. The trap jaw ants O. bauri close their mandibles faster than any other body part of any other predator in the animal world.  A study done in California on this species registered speeds between 126 to 230 km per hour, with the mandibles closing in 130 micro seconds.
GO.
Trap Jaw Ant
Jump backwards video
Jump vertical video
Mandible video

29. The food of the future
INSECTS and SPIDERS
Ver video

30. Bugs
June bug, stink bug, Ladybug, chinch bug, Water bug, pink bug, Please-don't-pinch bug!
Horsefly, housefly, Dragonfly, deer fly, Firefly, fruit fly, Buzzing-in-your-ear fly!
Honeybee, bumblebee, Queen bee, drone bee, Worker bee, nurse bee, Leave-me-alone bee!
Gypsy moth, luna moth, Beetle and mosquito, Bugs and insects Really are neat-o!
Cockroach, katydid, Cricket and cicada, Grasshopper, mantis, Catch you all later!

31. Wildlife is a mystery for many and will only be protected when it is understood.

32. When you have cut the last tree; Contaminated the last river and
Caught the last fish,
You will realize
That money cannot be eaten.