Life – Insects
Name: ________________________
1. True / False: Insects are the largest single group of animals on Earth.
Darwin’s Beetle
2. What characteristic of the males most
influence their likeliness to mate?
3. True/False: Insect armor can carry
colors that can camouflage or
communicate.
10. Describe how the lizard mimics the
beetle. Why would it want to do this?
11. The devilrider stick insect, fire ant, and
bombardier beetle have similar types of
defenses. Describe them.
4. The armor can also be converted into
_______________ which has made
Japanese Red Bug
insects a global force enabling them to
12. True/False: Parent insects using care
invade almost every habitat on Earth.
for young.
Copper Demoiselle (Damselfly)
13. Why does it take the
5. List three dangers faced by the male
mother red bug so long
and female damselflies as they prepare
to find food for her
to mate.
larvae? What do the larvae do when it
takes too long?
 ____________________________
 ____________________________
 ____________________________
6. Damselflies lay their eggs in
underwater plants. How are they able Dawson’s Bee
14. The beginning of this
to breathe long enough to do so and
segment shows a
escape?
population of all female
bees. What happened to
Monarch Butterfly
the males, and why would this help the
7. The monarch butterfly migrates all the
population improve over time?
way from Canada down to a
specific area of forest in Mexico.
Why do they have to make this
Grasscutter Ants
trip instead of just staying in
15. The grasscutter ants have a highly
Canada?
complex society, which each member
given a specific task. Explain what
8. The butterflies are very vulnerable to
each contributes to
predators while hibernating. How do
the society:
they protect themselves? How do the
predators overcome this defense?
a. Large ants:
Oogpister Beetle
9. The oogpister beetle has the unusual
ability of firing formic acid from
its abdomen. Where does it get
this acid from?
b. Small ants:
16.
How do the ants deal with the problem
of waste carbon dioxide gas produced
by the fungus?
Name: ________________________
Life – Insects
1. True / False: Insects are the largest single group of animals on Earth.
Darwin’s Beetle
2. What characteristic of the males most
influence their likeliness to mate?
Size of the jaws
MATING: 6:07-6:16
3. True/False: Insect armor can carry colors
that can camouflage or communicate.
4. The armor can also be converted into
WINGS which has made insects a global
force enabling them to invade almost every
habitat on Earth.
10. Describe how the lizard mimics the beetle.
Why would it want to do this?
HOW IT WALKS AND COLORING;
BEETLE IS POISIONOUS SO
PREDATORS MIGHT BELIEVE THE
LIZARD IS ALSO POISIONOUS.
11. The devilrider stick insect, fire ant, and
bombardier beetle have similar types of
defenses. Describe them.
SHOOT OUT CHEMICALS
Copper Demoiselle (Damselfly)
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5. List three dangers faced by the male and
female damselflies as they prepare to mate. Japanese Red Bug
12. True/False: Parent insects using care for
 SPIDER/WEB
young.
 FROGS
 WATER
MATING: pins down11:02 1:07 linked 13. Why does it take the
mother red bug so long to
bodies form the shape of a heart <3
find food for her larvae?
6. Damselflies lay their eggs in underwater
What do the larvae do
plants. How are they able to breathe long
when it takes too long?
enough to do so and escape?
IT IS ONLY ONE TYPE OF FRUIT IT
OXYGEN GETS TRAPPED IN WINGS
EATS AND IT MUST BE RIPEN THE
Monarch Butterfly
CORRECT AMOUNT; THEY LEAVE AND
7. The monarch butterfly migrates all the way
GO FIND ANOTHER NEST
from Canada down to a specific
area of forest in Mexico. Why do
MATING-39:57-40:02
they have to make this trip instead
Dawson’s Bee
of just staying in Canada?
14. The beginning of this
WINTER-THE COLD WOULD
segment shows a population of all female
KILL THEM
bees. What happened to the males, and
8. The butterflies are very
why would this help the population
vulnerable to predators while hibernating.
improve over time?
How do they protect themselves? How do
MALES ARE ALL DEAD; ONLY THE
the predators overcome this defense?
STRONGEST MALES HAVE MATED
MONARCHS ARE POISIONOUS; SOME
WITH THE MOST FEMALES
PREDATORS KNOW HOW TO REIP OUT THIS
PART
Grasscutter Ants
15.
The grasscutter ants have a highly
SKIP 20:20-24:36 (ABOUT FLIES)
complex society, which each
member given a specific task. Explain
what each contributes to the society:
Oogpister Beetle
9. The oogpister beetle has the unusual
a. Large ants: CUT GRASS
ability of firing formic acid from its
b. Small ants: CARRY GRASS BACK
abdomen. Where does it get this
TO COLONY
acid from?
16. How do the ants deal with the problem of
waste carbon dioxide gas produced by the
FROM THE ANTS IT EATS
fungus? AIR VENTS