Welcome to our Insect

Power Point Presentation

by Mrs. McNamara, Mrs. Gerstlauer, and Mrs. Dougherty’s Second Grade Students

Goodnoe Elementary School June 10, 2011

About our Projects • We found a strange insect while we were working in the Goodnoe

Garden and wanted to know if it should stay in the garden or if it needed to leave.

• We looked in nonfiction books and on the internet to help us decide. We took notes to keep track of what we read.

• After we finished our research, we reached a conclusion about if the insect we found could stay in the garden or if it had to leave. You can ask us later what we decided.

• We made many projects with the information we learned. One of them is a power point presentation we will present in a few minutes. Later we will share our research reports, diagrams, riddles, poems, and models with you too.

• We are glad you are here and hope you learn a lot about insects today.

The Insects We Found in the

Goodnoe Garden

And now…

The Insect Facts

Researched by:

Olivia

and

Grace

•Sucks nectar

•Chews aphids

•Eats small worms

•Eats pests

•Eats insect eggs

• Yellow eggs ~ laid on bottom of leaves

• Complete life cycle ~ three weeks

• Life span ~ 2-3 years

• Mate ~ sent of smell

• Size of pupa

• 4¼ inches

• 5,000 kinds

• Main parts

• Thorax - 4 wings, 6 legs

• Head - 2 antenna, 2 eyes, mandibles

• Abdomen

• Colors and spots

Ant

Researched by:

John

and

Shawn

The Ant’s

Physical Description

Size: 1/21 – 1 ½ inches

Types of eyes: compound, simple

Main colors: black and red

Ant’s Life Cycle

Complete metamorphosis – 4 stages

Queen ant

Live 15 or more years

Cool Facts

About Ants

Run as fast as a racehorse

Lay 100,000 eggs

Have 250,000 brain cells

Eat sugary waste

Dragonfly

Researched by:

Kara

and

Margo

http://www.biology-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/11-

2006/clues-from-dragonfly-about-human-

obesity.html

Physical Description

of the Dragonfly

Colors

-blue, green, yellow,

red, other

Ranges from 2-4 inches

Three body parts

-head, thorax, abdomen

Two eyes

Two antennas

http://www.valdosta.edu/~sljennin/topic1.html

A Dragonfly’s Diet

Eats insects -Flies, mosquitoes, gnats, butterflies, bees and other dragonflies

Uses mandibles to munch food Helpful to the environment Helpful to humans

Did You Know…

Fastest fliers

Flap wings 20 times per second

Have the biggest insect eyes

Can eat their own body weight

3,000 kinds of dragonflies

Firefly

Researched by:

Amanda

and

Jillian

Life Cycle and Mating

• 1 year and 8 months

• Glows to attract a mate

• Complete metamorphosis

• Lays eggs in leaves, moss, and grass

• Eggs glow

Physical Description

of a Firefly

• 1 inch long

• 4 wings

• Black with orange-yellow stripes

• 6 legs, 2 antennae, 2 eyes

• 3 main body parts:

head, thorax, and abdomen

• Mandibles

Cool Facts

• Abdomen glows at night

• Has bioluminescence

• Females longer than males

• Larva have poisonous bite

Researched by:

Tejan

and

Ian

Eats fields

Eats leaves, grass, seeds

Palpi for tasting

Diet is harmful

All colors, have stripes

Sheds its outer skin

Main body parts Head (antenna, eyes, mouth)

Thorax (wings, legs)

Abdomen

Can jump 500 feet

About 23,000 kinds

Eats 3,000 tons of green plants

Worldwide but not cold places

Housefly

Researched by:

David

Alex

and

Benny

Insect Protection

of Houseflies

Protects itself by flying away

Females bite

Dangers to a housefly

Fly’s parasites eat their pupa/larva

Habitat of the Housefly Worldwide except Antarctica

Near human habitation

Near sugary or decaying matter

Survive the winter in barns, attics,

caves, tree trunks

Life Cycle and Mating

of the Housefly

Complete metamorphosis:

egg, larva, pupa and adult fly

Use eyesight and smell to pick a mate

Mate in the air

Fun Facts About the Housefly

Only insect to have 2 wings

Most dangerous insect in the world

Will follow each other to find food

Can be smaller than a fingernail

Can be larger than a paperclip

Monarch Butterfly

Researched by:

Riley

and

Leah

Life Cycle and Mating

Life Cycle Complete Metamorphosis

Egg: 3 days

Caterpillar: 10 days

Chrysalis: 2 weeks

Butterfly: 1-9 months

Mating Males wave wings and send off smells

Eggs are blue-green color

Females lay eggs on the bottom of a

milkweed leaf

Physical Description of a

Monarch Butterfly

• Colors: orange and black

• Spots and stripes on wings; scales rub off easily

• Wingspan is 3½ inches

• 3 main body parts

– Head (antenna, eyes, proboscis)

– Thorax (wings, legs)

– Abdomen

• Colors help them stay safe

• Very poisonous

•Starts out as a caterpillar

Cool Facts

• Very poisonous

• Bright colors to warn others

• Taste bad because caterpillar stores milkweed

• Birds get sick from eating monarchs

Mosquito Researched by:

Zane and

Dylan

Diet of a Mosquito Females drink blood Males eat nectar and fruit Uses its proboscis to suck Eating habits are harmful –To environment –To humans

Mosquito Life Cycle and Mating

Complete metamorphosis Egg, larva, pupa, adult

Lays eggs in standing water Life cycle takes a month Males form a swarm; females fly in to mate

Fun Facts About the Mosquito

Females need energy to lay eggs; get energy from blood Use sight and smell to bite Don’t like to travel; stay near breeding site

PRAYING MANTIS RESEARCHED BY:

MEGAN

AND

SARAH

LIFE CYCLE

• INCOMPLETE METAMORPHOSIS

• BROWN EGG CASE

• 10-12 MONTHS

• NYMPHS HAVE NO WINGS

HABITAT OF A PRAYING MANTIS

• NORTH AMERICA AND SOME PARTS OF

AUSTRALIA AND ASIA

•LEAFY TREES, HIGH GRASS, SHRUBS

•BLEND IN WITH THEIR HABITAT

A PRAYING MANTIS’

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

• 6 INCHES LONG, 0-4 WINGS, MANDIBLES

• CAN BE GREEN, BROWN, PINK, WHITE,

YELLOW, OR TAN

• MANTIS’ BODY TEMPERATURE

TERMITE

R E S E A R C H E D B Y: B R A D Y A N D

K Y L E

TERMITE’S DIET

H O W T H E Y E AT H E L P F U L E AT I N G

H A B I T S H A R M F U L H A B I T S

HABITAT OF A TERMITE LOCATION

Africa, Australia, parts of America

KINDS OF HOMES wood, combs, dirt, nests, mounds

WINTER SURVIVAL

FUN FACTS

INCOMPLETE LIFE CYCLE (egg, nymph, termite)

EXCELLENT BUILDERS LIVE LONG LIVES EXCELLENT CHEWERS

• Thank you for listening to our presentations.

• We enjoyed completing our research.

• We learned a lot about insects.

• We hope you learned a lot too.

Credits

Mrs. McNamara, Mrs. Gerstlauer, & Mrs. Dougherty’s

Second Grade Research Teams:

Ladybug … Olivia & Grace

Ant … John & Shawn

Dragonfly … Kara & Margo

Firefly … Amanda & Jillian

Grasshopper … Tejan & Ian

Housefly … David, Alex, & Benny

Monarch Butterfly … Riley & Leah

Mosquito … Zane & Dylan

Praying Mantis … Megan & Sarah

Termite … Brady & Kyle

- Credits Continued

A big thank you to our

6th Grade Buddies

in Mrs. Lieberman’s Class.

• Thank you for sharing your expertise in creating Power Point Presentations. You helped us make our slides look amazing.

• Thank you for sharing tips on how to give a presentation. You helped us look and sound professional.