1. Insects Written and Illustrated by Mrs. Love’s 1 st Graders April 2005

2. Fire Ant By: Annmarie Franz It eats insects, fruit juices, and sugar. It eats insects, fruit juices, and sugar. It lives in fields, yards, and houses. It lives in fields, yards, and houses. This common ant also lives in rotten wood. This common ant also lives in rotten wood.

3. Ladybug By: Ashley Garcia It eats aphids. It eats aphids. It lives in gardens, fields, and forests. It lives in gardens, fields, and forests. By devouring aphids, it protects the host plant. By devouring aphids, it protects the host plant.

4. Butter Fly By: Austin Vickery It eats plants. It eats plants. It lives in the northeastern states. It lives in the northeastern states. Their wings are bright orange with dark spots. Their wings are bright orange with dark spots.

5. Cockroach By: Baylee Molitor It eats just about everything! It eats just about everything! It lives and dark crevices and buildings. It lives and dark crevices and buildings. It escapes on foot into cracks in our homes. It escapes on foot into cracks in our homes.

6. Stinkbug By: Breeden Jones It eats juices of leaves, flowers, and fruit trees. It eats juices of leaves, flowers, and fruit trees. It lives in orchards, gardens, and crop fields. It is destructive to crops. It lives in orchards, gardens, and crop fields. It is destructive to crops.

7. Giant Crane Fly By: Brendan Madziarczyk It eats blood of warm blooded animals and nectar. It eats blood of warm blooded animals and nectar. It lives in moist areas. It lives in moist areas. This is one of the largest flies in the world. This is one of the largest flies in the world.

8. Moth By: Connor James It eats leaves. It eats leaves. It lives in forests. It lives in forests. They begin eating leaves and stripping a whole foreest in one season. They begin eating leaves and stripping a whole foreest in one season.

9. Cicada By: Drew Diffendal It eats sap from trees. It eats sap from trees. It lives in northeastern United States. It lives in northeastern United States. Cicadas burst out of their nymphal skins. Cicadas burst out of their nymphal skins.

10. Bee By: Hunter Ceto It eats clover and flowers. It eats clover and flowers. It lives in woods, fields and gardens. It lives in woods, fields and gardens. They live in huge organized colonies headed by one queen bee. They live in huge organized colonies headed by one queen bee.

11. Termite By: Ibrahim Share It eats wood and other plant matter. It eats wood and other plant matter. It lives in soil, wood and moist wood. It lives in soil, wood and moist wood. They are the most destructive species in North America. They are the most destructive species in North America.

12. Katydid By: Iliana Vargas It eats leaves. It eats leaves. It lives in leafy forests. It lives in leafy forests. Katydids are not easy to spot against a backdrop of leafy branches. Katydids are not easy to spot against a backdrop of leafy branches.

13. Mosquito By: Jacora Hamaker It eats nectar and plant juices. It eats nectar and plant juices. It lives in swamps, ponds, water. It lives in swamps, ponds, water. The female sucks blood from birds, reptiles, and people. The female sucks blood from birds, reptiles, and people.

14. Beetle By: Jake Swindle It eats leaves. It eats leaves. It lives in forests and suburbs. It lives in forests and suburbs. Larvae can take as long as three years to grow. Larvae can take as long as three years to grow.

15. Praying Mantis By: Jason Hargrove It eats insects. It eats insects. It lives in brushy fields and gardens. It lives in brushy fields and gardens. Has a flexible neck, and swivels it’s head as it looks for prey. Has a flexible neck, and swivels it’s head as it looks for prey.

16. Greenstinkbug By: Jhoslin Prince It eats juices of leaves flowers fruit threes It eats juices of leaves flowers fruit threes It lives in orchards gardens. It lives in orchards gardens. It can cause much damage to crops. It can cause much damage to crops.

17. Ant By: Jordan Gyovai It eats fruit juices and sugar. It eats fruit juices and sugar. It lives in fields, yards, and houses. It lives in fields, yards, and houses. They live in rotten wood. They live in rotten wood.

18. Fire fly By: Kenny Daniels It eats blood. It eats blood. It lives near streams in forests. It lives near streams in forests. The eggs attach themselves to stones. The eggs attach themselves to stones.

19. Dragonfly By: Nick Soucie It eats gnats, flies, and mosquitoes. It eats gnats, flies, and mosquitoes. It lives near ponds and streams. It lives near ponds and streams. Males of this dragonfly protect their territory. Males of this dragonfly protect their territory.

20. Squash Bug By: Sarah Fergus It sucks plants juices and sucks blood. It sucks plants juices and sucks blood. It lives in gardens and squash fields. It lives in gardens and squash fields. The squash bug has a front wing that has two parts. The squash bug has a front wing that has two parts.

21. Common Water Strider By: Shannon Hoey It eats smaller insects. It eats smaller insects. It lives on surfaces of ponds, lakes, and slow streams. It lives on surfaces of ponds, lakes, and slow streams. They walk on top of water. They walk on top of water.

22. Housefly By: Shannon Carlsen It eats the blood of animals and nectar. It eats the blood of animals and nectar. It lives in houses and farms. It lives in houses and farms. House flies are hard to swat because they react to movement five times faster than regular insets do. House flies are hard to swat because they react to movement five times faster than regular insets do.

23. Grasshopper By: Tyler Paulson It eats grass and crops. It eats grass and crops. It lives in grass and open woods. It lives in grass and open woods. The sounds are made by rubbing the hind legs against. The fore wing or by rubbing the wings together. The sounds are made by rubbing the hind legs against. The fore wing or by rubbing the wings together.

24. Cricket By: Victoria Mantel It eats crumbs and food scraps. It eats crumbs and food scraps. It lives in meadows or weeds. It lives in meadows or weeds. The clear high notes of the cricket’s song can be heard day or night. The clear high notes of the cricket’s song can be heard day or night.