Gracelyn

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SLATERS Gracelyn



Slaters are small hard shelled bugs. They have 14 legs and 2 antennae and they shed their skin often.



A slater lives about 2-4 years, in this time a slater goes through their life cycle. The life cycle starts with an egg, in 6-7 weeks the egg hatches into a nymph, about 9-13 months it moults 8 times and then it turns into an adult.



Slaters are common in New Zealand. They love to live in tree stumps, cracks and wood piles.They also live in Australia, Africa and America.



Slaters mostly eat dead plants and rotten vegetables. They are eaten by slater spiders, millipedes and centipedes.



Slaters are nocturnal crustaceans that means they sleep though the day, and are active in the night. Slaters are not insects. Slaters do not have lungs they have GILLS!

Hazel

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Caterpillars Hazel



A caterpillar walks on 16 little legs. Caterpillars can be any colour even black or brown. Caterpillars are up to 17 cm long. Caterpillars have three body parts the head, the abdomen and the thorax. A caterpillar has 4 legs on the front left and 4 legs on the right and that is repeated on the back.



Caterpillars live in hedges and bushes. Caterpillars also can live in trees. They can also be found in your gardens or back yards they live on the under side of plants to hide from predators. Caterpillars can also be found in dark places like long grass.



A caterpillar starts its life as a small round egg. A caterpillar is usually lays the eggs on the leaf of a plant. When the egg hatches a little caterpillar comes out. The caterpillar likes to eat the same type of leaf it was laid on. The third stage of the caterpillars life is the cocoon. A caterpillar eats until it is big enough to make a cocoon. The forth stage of a caterpillars life is when the caterpillar emerges out of its cocoon. When it emerges it has turned into a butterfly. This is called a metamorphosis.



A caterpillars predators are humans, birds, cats and dogs. Most caterpillars eat leaves and plants. Caterpillars have strong jaws so they can chew on plants and leaves. Caterpillars eat so much because they need to make a cocoon.



Some caterpillars can change colours to hide from their predators. A caterpillar has 12 eyes 6 on each side of their body. A caterpillar has 4,000 muscles in it's body which allows it to move around quickly when required.

Ben

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Grasshoppers Ben



Scientific name for a grasshopper is Caelifera. The size of a grasshopper is 2-5 cms long. The colour of grasshoppers are mostly light colours. The grasshopper has three body parts thorax, abdomen and head. They also have a mouth full of jaws they also to very large eyes and long antennae





The grasshopper can move three ways jump, fly and walk. A grasshopper jumps when it uses it’s hind legs as catapults. There is a part in it’s knee that acts like a spring releasing energy when it jumps.



A grasshopper eats some small insects. It also eats flowers, grass and leaves. Grasshoppers are prey to birds and small mammals.



The egg is laid underground with only the tip sticking out of the ground it takes about 2 to 5 weeks for it to hatch.The nymph is the second stage of a grasshopper it is getting ready to be an adult by moulting. It takes about 2 to 5 weeks for it to turn into an adult. Adult is the last stage of a grasshopper life. They usually only live for about 10 months then it will die.



A grasshopper useful body parts are the wings. The wings help the grasshoppers escape from it’s predators like spiders. When a grasshopper flies there is less chance of it getting stuck in a web because of it’s big eyes. They are made for seeing almost invisible things like spider webs.

Olivia

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Olivia's awesome bee report!!!



A bees size is about 4 cm long. A bee is covered in black and yellow stripes. Bees have 6 legs, a stinger, 2 compound eyes, a little eye, 2 wings, a head, a thorax and an abdomen.



Most bees are found in the countries in Africa, Northern Europe, Eastern India, China and America. Bees live in a hive. A bee hive is goldy/yellowish type of colour. Bees hives have little hexagons all over them. The bees put honey and nectar in the hive.



A bees life cycle is this: first a queen bee lays a egg and starts a nest. In about 3 days the worker bee egg should have hatched and become a larva. After about 9 days the larva should have become a pupa, after about 10-12 days the pupa will become a full grown worker bee. Bees reproduce by mating.



Bees like to eat honey, nectar and pollen. Queen bees eat royal jelly. Royal jelly is a yellow liquid. The bee eaters are birds, badgers, foxes, weasels and bears.



There are 3 types of bees they are the queen bee, worker bee and the drone bee. They all have different jobs depending on there type. Worker bees do all the work for the colony, queen bees have the babies and male drones look after the queen bee and the eggs. Bees make hives to store their food.

Gabriel

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Grasshoppers



Grasshoppers colours are red, green, grey and brown. A grasshopper is around 2.5cm long. Grasshoppers body parts are head, abdomen, mouth parts and thorax. Grasshoppers also use their jumping to give themselves a boost when flying.



Grasshoppers are in every continent except Antartica. They live in grassy places with low plants. Grasshoppers legs are special because they are strong and they help it to get away from predators.



A grasshopper has a 3-stage life cycle. The first stage is an egg. The grasshoppers lays their egg in a hole in the ground for protection. The second stage is the nymph. The nymph looks like an adult but it has no wings. They shed their skin several times and after they shed for the last time they grow wings and are an adult.



Grasshoppers predators are bird, spiders, rodents and ground beetles. Grasshoppers eat leaves, corn, wheat, barely, alfalfa and small bugs such as flies, sandflies and fleas.



A Grasshopper can leap 20 times the length of it's own body. Grasshoppers do not jump they use their legs as a catapults. It can also eat 16 times it's own weight. Grasshoppers who gather in large swarms and can destroy fields of crops.

Madison

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😀💗Madison's💗😀 Bumblebee report



The size of a bumblebee is from to 2cm to 4cm long. The bumblebee has fur, the colour of the fur is yellow and black. Bumblebees have 2 antennae, 2 pairs of wings, 1 thorax, 1 abdomen, 1 head and 6 pairs of legs. The scientific name for a bumblebee is Apis.



Bumblebees favourite places to live in the world are Africa , Northern Europe , Eastern India, China, America and New Zealand. Bumblebees live in underground rodent holes. Most underground rodent holes are made out of thick grass and some are made in bird boxes.



The lifecycle for a bumblebee starts off as a queen egg being laid. Its an egg for 2-3 days. After 2-3 days the egg hatches into a larvae. It stays a larvae for 4-5 weeks. Next it turns into a pupa. The pupa is the stage before adult. The pupa stays a pupa for 16 weeks. Then the last stage is an adult bumblebee. The male bumblebees come together to find a mate. The males fly over areas marking flowers and trees.



Bumblebees eat nectar, pollen and honey. Bumblebees predators are badgers which use their strong claws to dig up up nests and eat their food stores. Spiders are also their enemies as well, they wait on a flower for a bumblebee to come along and then the spider eats it. Wasps are also very nasty because they lay their eggs in bumblebees nests.



Bumblebees are special because they're one of the insects that can collect nectar and pollen. There are 275 different kinds of bumblebees. Bumblebees have smelly feet because there covered in oily film. So when they land on a flower they leave a smelly footprint behind. The other bumblebees can smell the oil and that makes them not to land on the same flower.

Sophie

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Grasshoppers Report Sophie



Grasshoppers are brown, grey or green coloured. Grasshoppers are between 5-7 cm long. Their body is made up of 3 main parts - head, thorax and abdomen. They also have a mouth with strong jaws, 2 large eyes, 3 smaller eyes and 2 antennae. They have 6 legs and their 2 back legs are very muscular.



Grasshoppers prefer their habitats to be dry with lots of grass. Some grasshoppers like living in the jungle and some in forests. They live all over the world except Antarctica.



Grasshoppers stay in their egg for about 5-10 weeks. Grasshoppers hatch they turn into a nymphs. When grasshoppers are little they look like an adult grasshopper but smaller and after the egg and the nymph comes the adult stage where they grow wings.



A grasshopper eats wheat, corn, plants and leaves. Grasshoppers’ predators are some birds, rodents and moles.



There are around 11,000 species of grasshopper found around the world, living in grassy fields, meadows and forest areas. Some grasshoppers make noises by either rubbing their back legs against their wings or body, or by snapping their wings when flying.

Mac

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Grasshopper Mac



Grasshoppers can be green, brown, grey or reddish green this is dependant on where they live or where they were born. Grasshopper babies are up to 5 cms and an adult is up to 12 cms in length. Only adults grasshoppers have wings, not immature nymphs. Grasshoppers have three main body parts head, thorax, and abdomen. They have 6 legs and special hairs on their legs to help make noise.



Grasshoppers are found in all contents apart from Antarctica. They live in dry open places. These places need to be grassy, they also need low plants to provide shade.



Grasshoppers mate to reproduce. Grasshoppers lifecycle starts as an egg. After about two weeks it is born to become a wingless nymph. Then after another two or five weeks and numerous moults it becomes an adult that will then go on to grow wings.



Grasshoppers eat plants such as corn, wheat, barley and alfalfa. They also eat small insects like aphids, ants and spiders. Their predators are beetles, praying mantis, rodents and amphibians.



Grasshoppers special features are that they have special legs that let them jump super high. They use there hind legs as catapults and bend them down there like rubber so it's easier to pounce high with. They can make a chirping sound with there hind legs. To chirp male grasshoppers rub its hind leg against it's fore wing and the wing vibrates to make a cello sound. When they’re an adult they can fly up to eat crops this is when they become known as locusts.

Vicky

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BUTTERFLIES Vicky



The colour of a normal butterfly are bright colours. The size of a butterfly is from 6cm to 30cm. A butterflies body is made up of six joined legs, 3 body parts, a pair of antennae, compound eyes and an exoskeleton.



Butterflies live all over the world except Antarctica and the harshest deserts. Many butterflies live in tropical climate in like Hawaii and Mexico.



Butterflies start their life as an egg. Then it hatches into a caterpillar/larva. Before they turn into a pupa/chrysalis. Then they emerge as an adult butterfly.



Butterflies do not eat at all. They just drink nectar from any old flower. A butterfly's enemies are wasps, ants, parasitic flies, birds, snakes, toads, rats, lizards, dragonflies and even spiders eat butterflies.



Butterflies are different than moths because they fly during the day. Moths fly during the night in the darkness. Depending on the type of butterfly they can live between a week and a year before dying. They estimate that there are around 20,000 different types of butterflies.

Emily

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Emily's worm report



Worms are not just pink they are other colours like brown red and black. Worms do live underground because they don't have legs.



A worm can live it can live everywhere but Antarctica. They also live mainly underground in tunnels and in a worm farm.



The are many things that eat worms these are things like moles and birds, almost all types of wild birds like the black birds. Worms spend their days eating dirt and plant based things such as paper and fruit.



The worms life cycle is unique. Because it starts in a cocoon like a caterpillar. Then it turns into a hatchling like duckling. Then they turn into an adult worm.



The Earthworms are made up of lots of little segments, up to as many as 150. An earthworm has no eyes, legs or arms. They breathe through their skin, so if they dry out they will die.