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Learn How to Make an Insect Zoo or a Caterpillar/ Butterfly
Farm
Due to the replacement of the wetlands by commercial businesses
and private residents, many natural habitats of butterflies have
become scarce, especially the Monarch Butterfly. This butterfly is
a signature insect that is not endangered, but sensitive. This
instructional design is provided to help young people learn about
insects, how to identify them, their life cycle, other aspects
about survival, and to grow to appreciate nature by observation and
interaction with it. The world will go on as usual with or without
them, it just wont be as aesthetically pleasing.
1One day Ammon went to visit his cousin, Addi, and to see her
new rabbit. They played with Oreo.
Can I have a pet , Ammon asked his mother?
No, said his mom. We live in an apartment and no pets are
allowed.I know, said his mother, you can make an insect zoo and a
butterfly farm. They will be your pets.
Hooray! said Ammon.
Lets learn how to make a butterfly farm and an insect zoo, said
his mother.Making an insect zoo is simple.
#1 Have someone older help you punch many holes in a clean
lid.
Click on each number to see what to do.#2 Put some stickers on a
empty, clean, glass bottle.#3 Add some grass and twigs to the
inside of the bottle. For extra decoration, you may want to color a
backdrop.Ammon is outside collecting bugs for his insect zoo.Help
Ammon learn what an insect is. Remember to look closely in case an
insect is using camouflage.
Sometimes when you try to find insects, they are hard to see
because there is something called camouflage.Camouflage is a
disguise that causes the insects to blend in with their
surroundings.
Look closely and click on the pictures to find the camouflaged
insects.
Can you find the insect? Look closely. Remember they look like
they blend in with the surroundings.
Click on the pictures to find the insect.
Click on the picture to find what an insect is.
What is an insect?An insect is a little creature that has:
Six (6) jointed legs
Three (3) body parts
An outside skeleton
Which one is the insect?Click on the picture.A parrot has 2
legs. Try again.
Look for the animal with 6 legs. A lizard has 4 legs.
Awesome! You did it! Did you count the legs?Click on the insects
with 6 legs.
No. A tarantula has 8 legs.Yes! A ladybug has 6 legs.Yes! A fly
is an insect.No. Snails have only 1 foot.How many legs does an
insect have? Click on the animal that is an insect. Remember to
count the legs. Great! You found the insect.An insect has 6
legs.
Try again. A spider has 8 legs.
An insect has 3 body parts.
Click on the insect to name the body parts.The head is the top
part.
The thorax in the middle part.
The abdomen is the bottom part.
Click on the arrows to find the body parts.Remember an insect
has 3 body parts.
The headThe abdomenThe thoraxHow many body parts does an insect
have?Click on the lines to count the body parts.
231Find the 3 body parts on each insect.Click on each line
divider of each insect and find the 3 body parts.
HeadThoraxAbdomenHeadThoraxAbdomenAn insect has an exoskeleton
or a skeleton .
Click on the picture to find where the exoskeleton is found.It
is found on the outside of the insects body.
Click on the skeleton that is on the outside of the animals
body.Great! The skeleton is on the outside.Try again. The horses
skeleton is found on the inside.
Lets compare. Can you find the animals with an inside skeleton?
Insects have an outside skeleton. Click on the pictures.
A dragonfly has a skeleton on the outside of its body.The
crocodiles skeleton in on the inside.If you accidentally step on an
insect, you will hear a crunch. Thats the skeleton breaking
apart.
Click to hear the sound.
Good Job! You have made an insect zoo and found an insect or
two. When you found your insect, maybe it was really small. Maybe
it was a little nymph or a little naiad. That is great because you
can watch your insect grow up and get bigger and bigger, if you can
keep it alive.
All insects have a life cycle. There are 4 different life
cycles. Your insect has one of them.Group 1 Insect Life Cycle: No
MetamorphosisThis group of insects comes from the egg and looks
exactly like it will when it grows up, except that it will be
larger.
Silverfish, springtails, biting lice and sucking lice are the
only insects in Group 1 No Metamorphosis
Group 2 Insect Life Cycle: Gradual MetamorphosisInsect in this
group change shape gradually. There are three stages of growth,
egg, 5 different stages of nymphs and the adult.
There are many insects with a Gradual Metamorphosis life
cycle.Grasshoppers, termites, true bugs, aphids, earwigs, thrips
and book and bark lice.
Insects with Gradual Metamorphosis have to be go through a nymph
cycle.
Group 3 Insect Life Cycle:Incomplete MetamorphosisThe young
insects in this group change shape gradually. They do not look like
adults until shedding their last skin. Then there is a change.
Dragonfly, mayfly, and a stonefly are all insects with two sets
of wings. They have an Incomplete Metamorphosis. They turn into the
adult after they shed their last skin.
Group 4 Insect Life Cycle:Complete MetamorphosisSome insects go
through 4 stages of growth. None of the young look like the adult.
Click on the adult.
This is the adult.
Is a butterfly an insect?Click on the picture to find the
answer.
Is a caterpillar an insect?Click on the picture to find the
answer.
Yes! 6 legs, 3 body parts and an exoskeleton.
A caterpillar is going to turn into a butterfly. Lets see
how!Stage 1: These are butterfly eggs.Butterflies lay their eggs on
the leaf of the plant that they eat.
Look on the leaf of a milk weed to find some eggs of the Monarch
butterfly.
Click to watch where the Monarch butterfly lays its
eggs.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjwDrMsk5IY&feature=related
Stage 2: When the egg hatches a little caterpillar comes out.A
new caterpillar is called a 1instar. It is really little.
The caterpillar eats and grows and changes into a 2instar and
then a 3instar.
Stage 3: The 5instar caterpillar is ready to make a chrysalis.
Click on the link to see the butterfly spin the
cocoon.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKjG1vm5F84&NR=1Here are
some different spun pupas.
Some caterpillars look really scary, but dont worry. They are
using a scare tactic so nobody will eat them.Click on the link to
see the scariest caterpillar of all in action.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lD00Err6CY
Caterpillars change 4 times. When they turn into a 5instar they
are ready to make a chrysalis.Click on the numbers to put the
caterpillars in order of age.1
2345Stage 4: The pupa opens up and out comes the butterfly.Click
on the link to see the cocoon open up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjduur9YyVA&feature=relatedIt
looks different! It doesnt look like an egg, or a caterpillar or a
pupa.
The butterfly life cycle has 4 stages: egg, caterpillar,
chrysalis and adult. Look at the pictures. Which one is
missing?
Click on the picture to find the missing stage.
the eggOh! Oh! Sometimes another butterfly tries to copy a
butterfly. This is called mimicry.
Monarch butterflies taste nasty and birds wont eat them. The
Viceroy butterfly tries to look like the Monarch so birds wont eat
him.Look at the hind wings. The Viceroy has an extra black line
going across the wings. Look at the hind wings again. The Monarch
does NOT have an extra black line going across.Lets see if we can
remember all the things that insects use so they wont get killed or
eaten by an animal.MimicryThe insect mimics another insect to
protect itself.The insect disguises itself so it can blend in with
its surroundings.The insect scares other insects or animals that
might try and eat it.CamouflageScare tacticsClick on words to find
definitionAnother tactic is smell. Some insects use a bad, bad, bad
smell so other animals will leave them alone.Some insects are great
fighters. They have a stingers and it hurts if they sting you. Have
you had a bee sting?