Marion

Article posted November 7, 2016 at 08:38 PM GMT0 • comment • Reads 1012

Ladybugs Marion



The ladybug is 1mm to 10mm long. It's body has 3 parts and they are head, thorax and abdomen. The head is where it can see. Ladybugs can be red, yellow, orange, grey, black, brown or pink with black dots.



Ladybugs live in gardens, forests, fields and grass lands. They can be found almost worldwide but especially in warmer countries.



Female ladybugs lay yellow tiny eggs. After 3 to 5 days they hatch in to larva. After another 20 to 30 days they turn into a pupa. 3 to 12 days later they turn into an adult ladybug.



Ladybugs are eaten by birds, spiders and beetles that can stand their smelly spray. They eat aphids, mites and white flies.



Ladybugs can eat 50 aphids a day. Ladybugs can live for up to one year. You can tell how a ladybug is by counting the spots on their back. Ladybugs are named after Mary because the farmers in the middle ages prayed for a miracle to protect their crops from pests. Ladybugs appeared and began to eat the pests.

Kerian

Article posted November 7, 2016 at 08:38 PM GMT0 • comment • Reads 891

Praying Mantis Kerian



The scientific name for a praying mantis is mantis religliosa. Their size is between 5-13 cms long. The colour of a praying mantis is mainly green or brown but this depends on its habitat.



Praying mantises live all around the world, especially Africa, Asia, N.Z., Europe and the United States of America. They choose the places they live in, these are mainly forests, tropical forests and there are even some who live in orchids too.



The life cycle of a praying mantis starts with an egg the eggs are laid by a female Praying mantis just before winter. They need to be hidden from predators. It takes the eggs take until summer to hatch. When they hatch they are nymphs, they look like little adults they moult 6-7 times. At the end of summer they are fully grown and ready to mate. After mating the female rips the males head off.



Mantises love to eat live insects like moths, roaches and bees. The bugs that love to eat this Praying Mantis are female praying mantises and sometimes spiders. They are also eaten by frogs and birds.



The praying mantis gets its name from its front legs looks like it's legs are praying. After mating the female rips the males head off. There are more than 100 different species of mantis. It catches it's prey with it’s front legs, it is an ambush predator.

Tessa

Article posted November 7, 2016 at 08:22 PM GMT0 • comment • Reads 913

Tessa's bee report



The colour of a bee is black with yellow stripes. It's size can be 2.5 to 5 cm long depending on where they work in the hive. A bee has a head, thorax and abdomen; 6 legs and a set of antennae. It has a set of wings that helps it fly from flower to flower collecting nectar.



A bees main habitat is in a hive or in the woodlands. They prefer to live in a warm climate. They are found every in the world except Alaska and Antartica. The shape of a hive is a hexagonal shape.



The life cycle of a bee starts with an egg. It is an egg for up to 6 days. After this it turns into larva for about 10 days. Then after this time being a larva it turns into a pupa. After 4-5 days they are a adult. They reproduce with a mate.



A bee does not have any prey but they eat honey and nectar and collect pollen for the little bees to eat. They get there nectar and pollen from the flowers. A bees predators are known to be small mammals such as hedgehogs, tree shrews and shrews. Also birds such as hummingbirds, swifts and thrushes also eat bees.



Worker bees gather pollen that they carry with their back legs. Worker bees are female bees but do not lay eggs. A worker bee lives no less than 40 days. If it stings something it will die because it cannot pull its barbed stinger back out.