Beyond Honeybees: Now Wild Bees and Butterflies May Be in Trouble | WIRED
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The interaction network of flowering plants (top) and pollinators (bottom) in an Illinois forest fragment. Black lines are relationships that have remained intact since the late 19 red and blue lines are relationships that have been lost. Image: /Science
By now you probably know about the plight of America’s honeybees: the collapsed colonies and dying hives, threatening pollination services to crops and the future of a much-beloved insect.
But it’s not just . Many wild pollinators—thousands of species of bees and butterflies and moths—are also threatened. Their decline would affect not only our food supply, but our landscapes, too. Most honeybees live in commercially managed a wild pollinators are caretakers of our everyday surroundings.
“Almost 90 percent of the world’s flowering species require insects or other animals for pollination,” said ecologist Laura Burkle of Montana State University. “That’s a lot of plants that need these adorable creatures for reproduction. And if we don’t have those plants, we have a pretty impoverished world.”
Compared to honeybees, wild pollinators are not well studied, and their condition has received relatively little public attention.
Most people don’t realize that there are . Even many butterflies are overlooked, with the plight of just a few species, particularly monarchs, widely recognized.
'Species that used to be in all our yards are dropping out.'
Wild bees and butterflies are out on the landscape, making them difficult to count, and a lack of historical baselines makes it challenging to detect long-term trends. Slowly but surely, though, results from field studies and anecdotal reports from experts are piling up. They don’t paint a pretty picture. Many pollinator populations seem to be dwindling.
According to a recent survey organized by the Xerces Society, an invertebrate conservation group, . Other studies have , documenting dramatic declines in once-common species such as the American bumblebee. If that’s happening to bumblebees, says Xerces Society executive director Scott Black, it’s quite possible, even likely, that others are hurting, too.
“There’s very little information status on most of the bees other than bumblebees, but if you look at the life histories of these groups, many are likely even more sensitive to the disturbances leading to the declines, such as pesticides and habitat loss,” Black said. “Although we don’t know what’s going on with all bees, I think we could be seeing real problems.”
Among other pollinators, iconic monarch butterfly declines are well documented: Their numbers . And entomologist Art Shapiro of the University of California, Davis spent most of the last four decades counting butterflies across central California, and . These declines don’t just involve butterflies that require very specific habitats or food sources, and might be expected to be fragile, but . Many other entomologists have told Black the same thing.
“Species that used to be in all our yards are dropping out, but nobody’s monitoring them,” Black said.
Plenty of blame to go around
Some of the factors behind the declines have also been implicated in honeybee die-offs. Like honeybees, wild pollinators are sensitive to pesticides, including neonicotinoids, an enormously popular class of insect-killers used in most major crops that has been .
Their use has been
but continues on U.S. farms. They’re also used . What’s more, says Black, instructions on minimizing honeybee harm from pesticides, such as spraying them in the morning, may end up targeting other pollinators.
Bumblebees on ironweed. Photo: /WIRED
It’s difficult to quantify the harms caused by pesticides—not just neonicotinoids, but dozens of other chemicals, their effects varying by dose and combination—but “it’s logical to think they’re having some kind of effect,” said biologist Claire Kremen of the University of California, Berkeley. “It’s amazing we see as many pollinators as we do. Those are the ones who’ve survived this continuous pummeling.”
Significant as pesticide impacts could be, though, they may be eclipsed by habitat loss. Across the United States, pollinator habitat is disappearing at rates usually reserved for descriptions of Amazon rain forest deforestation. This is most striking in the Midwest, where —an area larger than Indiana—has been converted to cropland since 2008.
Farms don’t need to be bad for pollinators. The wetlands and drainage ditches of California’s rice fields provide valuable food and shelter to butterflies, Shapiro says. But in the Midwest and elsewhere, the widespread use of herbicide-resistant crop varieties has allowed farmers to apply herbicide more intensively than ever. It’s now possible to .
Add urban and suburban development that produces landscapes of chemically maintained, regularly mowed lawns and roadsides, and “habitat loss is generally thought to be the most important factor driving bee declines,” .
Averting disaster
What are the long-term consequences of pollinator loss? Presently it’s hard to say. In a given locale, losing a few species might have little effect, as others will take over their ecological role. Lose enough, though, , resulting in a collapse of pollinators and the plants that rely on them to reproduce.
“You can use the example of an airplane: Start to undo some rivets and screws, and it’s still going to fly, because there’s still redundancy in the system,” said Burkle. “But at some point it begins to fall apart.”
The interaction network of flowering plants (top) and pollinators (bottom) in an Illinois forest fragment. Black lines are relationships that have remained intact since the late 19 red and blue lines are relationships that have been lost. Image: /Science
It’s not yet possible to predict where that point will be, Burkle said, but stresses are already evident. In a 2013 Science paper, Burkle and colleagues described a
in an Illinois forest. They also plotted network graphs of historical and present-day interactions between bees and plants. The comparison (above) shows a dramatically shrunken web of relationships.
Tipping point or not, such patterns could eventually translate into agricultural losses. Though most farmers rely on commercial honeybees, wild pollinators in the U.S. still provide
every year. The oft-cited figure that
includes not just honeybees, but all pollinators.
'Anybody can do something for pollinators.'Human diets aside, pollinators put food in the mouths of animals, too, and cultivate our landscapes. Nature’s verdancy is very much a result of countless billions of pollinators flying from flower to flower in an unceasing hum of activity.
“If there was a loss of pollinators,” said USDA entomologist Terry Griswold, “that would have a cascading effect in terms of forage for a good proportion of the biota.” In less technical terms, most of what lives relies on pollinated plants.
If the situation seems grim, though, solutions do exist. Researchers like Kremen and the University of Maine’s Frank Drummond have demonstrated the economic value of . Others have shown that it’s possible to get .
Kremen noted that costs of helping pollinators are presently borne by farmers, who often want to help but can’t afford it. “Our government has to step up and provide support for food growers to do this,” she said. The USDA it’s still small, but it’s a beginning.
The public can also play an important role. Griswold recommended that homeowners leave at least a bit of lawn unmowed—those so-called weeds are habitat and forage for pollinators—and cut back on herbicide and pesticide use. Even those small steps, he said, are quite helpful. At a larger scale, conservation groups like Monarch Watch are working to , a project that will require the participation of thousands of people.
“I would like to see communities get together to have butterfly garden corridors running through them,” Shapiro said. “If you get five households on a city block, you’ve got a corridor.”
“If we’re going to deal with these problems, we need to have everybody taking action,” Black said. “In the past, I worked to get wilderness designated—with salmon and spotted owls and wolves, with old growth and wild rivers. That’s different than what I do now, because anybody can do something for pollinators.”
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Butterflies are some of the most fascinating and beautiful insects in the world. Adult butterflies will live about 2 to 4 weeks. They use their senses of sight, touch, hearing, smell, and taste to survive in the world, find food and mates, lay eggs in an appropriate place, migrate, and avoid hungry enemies.
Butterflies have large compound eyes(复眼), which allow them to see in all directions without turning their heads. Like most insects, butterflies are very near-sighted, so they are more attracted to a sea of flowers than individual plants. Butterflies do not “see” colors such as red, green, and yellow, but they can sense sunlight, which indicates the direction the sun is shining, as well as ultraviolet light（紫外线）, which is present on many flowers and guides butterflies to honey sources.
Butterflies have a very well-developed sense of smell, but it is not in their nose, since they don't have one. Sense receptors are located in their antennae（触角）, feet, and many other parts of the body. They can help butterflies find their favorite flower honey food, and mates.
Butterflies' feet have sense organs that can taste the sugar in flower honey, letting the butterflies know if something is good to eat or not. Some females also carefully choose host plants by tasting to find appropriate places to lay their eggs. Adult butterflies feed their babies using a long tube. Butterflies force blood into the tube to straighten it out, allowing them to feed. Butterflies get all their food from this tube.
Butterflies don't have ears. Instead they “hear” sounds through their wings by sensing changes in sound vibrations（振动）.
Butterflies may possess senses we don't even know about yet, because their body structure is very different from ours, and therefore difficult to understand, when observed through our own human senses.
41. What can we learn from the 2nd paragraph?
A. Butterflies have good eyesight.
B. Butterflies can see in all directions and don't need to turn heads.
C. Butterflies are sensitive to bright colors including red and yellow.
D. Butterflies cannot sense the ultraviolet light.
42. How do butterflies hear sounds?
A. Using their feet to sense the vibration of things
B. Using their ears to listen directly
C. Using their wings to sense the sound vibrations
D. Using their antennae to judge the sound
43. Why do female adult butterflies carefully choose the host plants?
A. To find high-qualified honey.
B. To have a good place for living.
C. To make it easier for them to hide from the enemies.
D. To find a proper place for their eggs.
44. What does the last paragraph imply?
A. There’s a long way to understand butterflies well
B. Butterflies give great help to human beings
C. Butterflies are the most beautiful insects in the world
D. Butterflies possess more senses than humans
45. The text mainly focuses on ________.
A. butterflies' living habits&&&&&& B. butterflies' beauty
C. butterflies' daily activities&&&& D. butterflies' senses
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蝴蝶是一些世界上最迷人和美丽的昆虫。成年蝴蝶将生活约2至4周。他们使用的视觉，触觉，听觉，嗅觉的感官，品味在世界上生存，寻找食物和配偶，产卵的适当位置，迁移和避免饥饿的敌人。
蝴蝶有大的复眼（复眼），这让他们看到在各个方向上没有把他们的头。最喜欢的昆虫，蝴蝶很近视，所以他们更倾心于花比单个植物的海洋。蝴蝶不“看”的颜色，如红色，绿色和黄色，但他们可以感受到阳光，这表明艳阳高照的方向，以及紫外线（紫外线），这是目前许多鲜花和引导蝴蝶蜂蜜的来源。
蝴蝶具有非常发达的嗅觉，但它不符合他们的鼻子，因为它们不具备的。感受体位于触角（触角），脚和身体的许多其他部位。他们可以帮助蝴蝶找到自己喜欢的花蜂蜜的食物，和配偶。
蝴蝶的脚有感觉的器官，可以品尝到糖花蜂蜜，让蝴蝶知道的东西很好吃，或不。有些女性还仔细品尝，以寻找合适的地方产卵，选择的寄主植物。成年蝴蝶饲料使用长管自己的孩子。蝴蝶迫使血液进入管进行纠正，让他们养活。蝴蝶获得所有的食物从这个管。
蝴蝶没有耳朵。通过感应变化，声音的振动（振动）通过自己的翅膀，而不是他们“听”的声音。
蝴蝶可以拥有的感觉，我们甚至不知道呢，因为他们的身体结构非常不同于我们的，因此不难理解，当通过我们自己的人的感官观察。
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Insect Crafts:
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Make a ladybug from an egg carton.
Make a butterfly window hanging using waxed paper, crayon shavings, and an iron.
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Make a caterpillar from egg cartons and pipe cleaners.
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Insect Books to Print:
Print the story of The Ant and the Grasshopper
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A tiny, printable book of the Aesop fable, The Ant and The Grasshoppper -- for early readers.
The book has 2 pages to print and makes 8 pages for the student to cut out, color, and write in.
A butterfly and caterpillar book you can print out and color.
A short printable shape book for early readers about the life cycle of a butterfly, with pages on the egg, caterpillar, pupa (chrysalis), and adult.
A short, printable activity book on the life cycle of the painted lady butterfly for fluent readers (with tabs).
A short printable book for early readers about colors. The pages are: This butterfly is blue, yellow, red, pink, purple, orange, green, brown, gray, stripes, and dots.
A short book about the life cycle of the cicada to print (for early readers).
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A short, printable picture dictionary of insects -- for early readers.
The words are: ant, bee, beetle, butterfly, caterpillar, dragonfly, fly, grasshopper, ladybug, wasp, and write another insect word.
A tiny, printable book about simple words related to insects/-- for early readers and writers.
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A short printable shape book for early readers about the life cycle of a ladybug, with pages on the eggs, larva, pupa, and adult ladybug.
A short, printable activity book on the life cycle of the painted lady butterfly for fluent readers (with tabs).
A booklet to print and color.
Insect Sequencing Cards:
Cut out the four scenes and arrange them so they show the ant life cycle from egg to adult as it undergoes complete metamorphosis.
Cut out the four scenes and arrange them so they show the life cycle of the painted lady butterfly from egg to adult as it undergoes complete metamorphosis.
Cut out the four scenes and arrange them so they show the life cycle of the ladybug from egg to adult as it undergoes complete metamorphosis.
Cut out the four scenes and arrange them so they show the life cycle of the mosquito from egg to adult as it undergoes complete metamorphosis.
Calendar to Print, Fact or Opinion, and Jokes:
A butterfly and moth calendar you can print out and color.
Determine if the statements are facts or opinions.
A fact is supported by eviden an opinion is how you feel about something and is open to debate.
Determine if the statements are facts or opinions.
A fact is supported by eviden an opinion is how you feel about something and is open to debate.
You can find tons of very corny bug jokes and riddles for kids.
Drawing Worksheets:
Use a pencil to trace the butterfly or cut it out with a scissors.
Draw four bugs. Below each bug, write its name.
Color the insects on the left or the right.
For example, "Color the ant on the right brown."
Items: bee, ant, moth, fly, butterfly, dragonfly, grasshopper, caterpillar, mosquito, roach.
Color insects, including ant, beetle, caterpillar, butterfly, bee, fly, grasshopper, mosquito, dragonfly, moth.
Finish the drawing of the butterfly around the line of symmetry.
Or go to the .
There are many insect pictures on this worksheet. Circle the insects that are symmetrical. Or
For each picture, draw the line of symmetry (if there is one). Or
Draw insects, including a roach, fly, moth, ant, caterpillar, bee, grasshopper. beetle, butterfly, gnat.
Draw two bugs and then answer simple questions comparing them, for example, "Which bugs is scarier?"
Draw a butterfly.
Then write eight adjectives describing your butterfly and use each adjective in a sentence.
Draw a picture of a ladybug, then write an acrostic poem about it.
Start each line of your poem with the letter on that line. Or
Draw three of the most interesting bugs and write about each of them. Or go to .
Insect First Letter Printouts:
A printout on the letter A, picturing an ant, airplane, angelfish, and apple tree.
A printout on the letter C, picturing a caterpillar, cat, chicken, and clock.
A printout on the letter L, picturing a ladybug, lion, leaf, and log cabin.
A printout on the letter M, picturing a moth, motorcycle, mouse, and monkey.
A printout on the letter Y, picturing a yellowjacket, yak, yarn, and yak.
Spelling Worksheets and Quizzes:
For each insect or arachnid picture, choose the word that best describes it.
Circle 10 insects. The words are ant, moth, grasshopper, bee, caterpillar, fly, mosquito, dragonfly, ladybug, butterfly.
Match 10 insect words to their pictures. The words are ant, bee, beetle, butterfly, caterpillar, dragonfly, fly, grasshopper, mosquito, moth.
Make an insect word wheel using this 2-page print- it consists of a base page together with a wheel that spins around.
When you spin the wheel, eight insect words are formed, one at a time:
ladybug, bee, beetle, fly, dragonfly, ant, butterfly, and cricket.
The student then writes down the word wheel words and other insects.
Make a bee wheel using this 2-page print- it consists of a base page together with a wheel that spins around.
When you spin the wheel, bee facts and pictures are formed, one at a time, including the life cycle of bees.
The student then answers questions about bees.
Circle the correct spelling of words for insects, and then color the picture of the words. The words are fly, bee, ant, grasshopper, beetle, dragonfly, butterfly, mosquito, caterpillar, moth.
Find the missing letters in insect words, and then color the picture of the word. The words are bee, ant, butterfly, fly, dragonfly, grasshopper, caterpillar, mosquito, beetle.
Unscramble the insect words, and then color the pictures of the words. The words are ant, bee, fly, moth, caterpillar, beetle, butterfly, dragonfly, grasshopper, mosquito.
Fill in the missing words in the text given a picture prompt, using the insect word bank.
The words are: ants, bees, beetle, butterfly, caterpillar, dragonfly, flies, grasshoppers, ladybug, mosquitoes.
Find and write the name of eight insects.
Sample answers: fly, ant, bee, roach, butterfly, moth, dragonfly, cricket.
Draw a butterfly.
Then write eight adjectives describing your butterfly and use each adjective in a sentence.
A scavenger hunt for students in Grades K-1, using the Little Explorers Picture Dictionary.
Put 10 insects in alphabetical order.
The words are: ant, bee, butterfly, cicada, cricket, earwig, fly, ladybug, moth, roach.
In this puzzle, combine pairs of word segments to make insect-related spelling words.
beetle, butterfly, caterpillar, cicada, cricket, dragonfly, earwig, grasshopper, katydid, ladybug, mosquito, termite.
Match two syllables to make 10 insect words. The words are beetle, cricket, termite, insect, mantid, lacewing, mealworm, monarch, morpho, earwig.
Match three syllables to make 10 insect words. The words are dragonfly, mosquito, ladybug, walkingstick, chrysalis, grasshopper, cicada, katydid, butterfly, silverfish.
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Write five adjectives describing the following insects: butterfly, bee, ladybug, roach.
See if you can think of and write down a phrase with an adjective and a insect-related word for each letter of the alphabet (for example, "angry ant").
On this printout, the student classifies insects, things that fly, and words that start with "B" by placing them in a Venn diagram.
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Write a sentence for each word from Aesop's fable, The Ant and The Grasshopper.
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These worksheets on elementary vocabulary have the student do an in-depth examination of a word that the teacher supplies.
The student defines the word, uses the word in a sentence, identifies which part of speech it is, draws a picture that exemplifies the word, determines how many syllables it has, finds rhyming words, supplies synonyms and antonyms, etc.
for a fun spelling activity.
Work Bank Printouts:
This is a word bank of common words related to insects.
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Add the groups of bugs and write the answers.
Subtract the groups of bugs and write the answers.
Do simple math problems, then do a substitution code to answer insect questions.
Add legs on insects and spiders to develop the idea of multiplication as the addition of groups of numbers.
Divide 10 ants into 2 equal groups (10&2=5),
divide 10 moths into 5 groups (10&5=2), then divide 12 dragonflies into 4 groups (12&4=3).
Writing Worksheets:
Rewrite the paragraph on the life cycle of the butterfly, correcting the capitalization and adding punctuation marks.
Finish the sentence and illustrate it - A. The sentence starts, "Ants are always angry when..."
Finish the sentence and illustrate it - B.
The sentence starts, "Baby bugs bite because they..."
Write a story about the picture - A. The picture is of four ants, each carrying an acorn.
Write a story about the picture - L.
The picture shows ladybugs in a line climbing a ladder.
Write the name of a type of insect, then answer questions about how you would describe it.
In this worksheet, the student is given a series of short answers using insect-related words.
For each answer, the student writes a short question.
A one-page printable worksheet.
Write ten things about insects (plus one thing you would like to change).
Write a poem about a butterfly.
The lines of the poem begin with: It sees, It hears, It feels, It understands, It moves, It needs, It likes, It flies, It eats (nothing!), and It dreams.
Write a poem about a caterpillar.
The lines of the poem begin with: It sees, It hears, It feels, It understands, It moves, It needs, It likes, It wants, It eats, and It dreams.
Write a poem about a bee.
The lines of the poem begin with: It sees, It hears, It feels, It understands, It moves, It needs, It likes, It flies, It eats (nothing!), and It dreams.
Write a poem about ladybugs.
Start each line with a letter from the word "LADYBUG."
Draw a picture of a ladybug, then write an acrostic poem about it.
Start each line of your poem with the letter on that line. Or
Write a poem about a ladybug.
The lines of the poem begin with: It sees, It hears, It feels, It understands, It moves, It needs, It likes, It flies, It eats, and It dreams.
A one-page printable worksheet.
Write ten things about butterflies (plus one thing you would like to change).
For each letter of the word "insects," find words and phrases that are related to or remind you of insects. Think of as many as you can.
Write a poem inside the ladybug. Or .
Write a poem around the perimeter (outer edges) of the ladybug. Or .
Write a poem about a butterfly inside the picture. Or .
Write a poem around the perimeter (outer edges) of the butterfly. Or .
Write adjectives describing a butterfly in and around the butterfly. Or .
Write a poem about a butterfly.
Start each line with a letter from the word "butterfly."
Draw three of the most interesting bugs and write about each of them. Or go to .
Color the picture of the butterfly, then write 5 facts and 5 opinions about butterflies.
A fact is supported by eviden an opinion is how you feel about something and is open to debate.
Write an Animal Report:
Draw the animal, then write about the animal's anatomy, diet, where it lives, and interesting facts.
Graphic Organizers can help students think about and list the major topics that will be researched and covered in an animal report.
Make an animal report wheel using this 2-page print- it consists of a base page together with a wheel that spins around.
Use the wheel to write facts about the animal, including:
Scientific Name, Type of Animal, Color, Size, Diet, Enemies, Habitat, Range, Life Cycle, Life Span, Endangered?, Something Interesting.
Also, draw the animal on the top of the wheel. The student then writes a paragraph on interesting features about the animal.
Tips and guidelines for writing a great animal report (plus a rubric to evaluate
your work).
Add the groups of bugs and write the answers.
Subtract the groups of bugs and write the answers.
Do simple math problems, then do a substitution code to answer insect questions.
Add legs on insects and spiders to develop the idea of multiplication as the addition of groups of numbers.
Divide 10 ants into 2 equal groups (10&2=5),
divide 10 moths into 5 groups (10&5=2), then divide 12 dragonflies into 4 groups (12&4=3).
Name Tags to Print:
Eight morpho butterfly nametags in black-and-white on one printable page.
Eight morpho butterfly nametags in color on one printable page.
Eight monarch butterfly nametags in black-and-white on one printable page.
Eight monarch butterfly nametags in color on one printable page.
Insect First Letter Printouts:
A printout on the letter A, picturing an ant, airplane, angelfish, and apple tree.
A printout on the letter C, picturing a caterpillar, cat, chicken, and clock.
A printout on the letter L, picturing a ladybug, lion, leaf, and log cabin.
A printout on the letter M, picturing a moth, motorcycle, mouse, and monkey.
A printout on the letter Y, picturing a yellowjacket, yak, yarn, and yak.
Insect Printouts to Color:
Read the definitions, then label the insect diagram.
A chart to help with an insect report with areas to fill in the insect's common name, scientific name, anatomy, lifecycle, diet, enemies, protection, habitat, range, classification, endangered status, interesting facts, and a drawing of the insect.
Ants are social insects.
Label the external anatomy of the ant.
Ant larva hatch from tiny eggs, then pupate and metamorphosize into adults.
Cut out the four scenes and arrange them so they show the ant life cycle.
Assassin bugs are insects that eat other insects.
Bees are flying, social insects that live in a hive.
(Simple version)Bees are flying, social insects that live in a hive.
Label the beetle's external anatomy on this printout.
Beetles are the largest group of insects.
Some beetles include the ladybug, scarab beetle, firefly, and the goliath beetle.
A brilliant blue butterfly from rainforests of South and Central America.
Find and write eight bugs.
Sample answers: fly, ant, bee, roach, ,butterfly, moth, dragonfly, cricket.
Printouts about these beautiful flying insects.
A printable worksheet on butterflies, with a short text to read, an anatomy picture to label, a life cycle diagram to label, and questions to answer.
Read the definitions, then label the butterfly anatomy diagram.
See how a butterfly starts out as an egg, hatches into a caterpillar, becomes a pupa, then emerges as a fully-grown adult.
A short printable shape book for early readers about the life cycle of a butterfly, with pages on the egg, caterpillar, pupa (chrysalis), and adult.
A short, printable activity book on the life cycle of the painted lady butterfly for fluent readers (with tabs).
Finish each of the four drawings around the line of symmetry.
The butterfly life cycle pictures are a egg, larva or caterpillar, pupa, and adult.
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Label the egg, caterpillar, pupa, and butterfly in French.
Label the egg, caterpillar, pupa, and butterfly in German.
Label the egg, caterpillar, pupa, and butterfly in Italian.
Label the egg, caterpillar, pupa, and butterfly in Spanish.
A printable worksheet on the California Dogface butterfly, with a short text to read, pictures to label, a life cycle diagram to label, and questions to answer.
Cicadas are flying insects that emerge periodically and simultaneously.
Put the cicada life cycle cards in order, from egg to adult.
A coloring printout picturing the life cycle of the cicada.
A short book about the life cycle of the cicada to print (for early readers).
Label the anatomy and life stages of the Cicada.
Crickets are jumping insects.
Label the external anatomy of the cricket.
The yellow mealworm is the larval stage of the darkling beetle (Tenebrio molitor).
Label the life cycle of the yellow mealworm, from egg to larva to pupa to adult.
The dragonfly is a flying insect with a long abdomen.
The dragonfly is a flying insect with a long abdomen.
EarwigAn earwig is an insect with long pincers at the tip of its abdomen.
The firefly (also known as the lightning bug) is a luminescent flying insect.
Grasshoppers are insects that can hop, walk, and fly. There are about 10,000 different species of grasshoppers.
Label the external anatomy of the grasshopper.
A blue and green flying insect with transparent-to-yellow wings.
This small agricultural pest is brightly-colored.
The common house fly is a small, flying insect.
Read the text, then answer the questions.
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Read the definitions, then label the insect diagram.
Do simple math problems, then do a substitution code to answer insect questions.
Label the insects in French, including the fly, bee, ant, dragonfly, grasshopper, ladybug, mosquito, butterfly, caterpillar, and antenna.
Label the insects in German, including the fly, bee, ant, dragonfly, grasshopper, ladybug, mosquito, butterfly, caterpillar, and antenna.
Label the insects in Italian, including the fly, bee, ant, dragonfly, grasshopper, ladybug, mosquito, butterfly, caterpillar, and antenna.
Label the insects in Portuguese, including the fly, bee, ant, dragonfly, grasshopper, ladybug, mosquito, butterfly, caterpillar, and antenna.
Label the insects in Spanish, including the fly, bee, ant, dragonfly, grasshopper, ladybug, mosquito, butterfly, caterpillar, and antenna.
A brown moth that spends its larval stage inside a seed pod.
Tiny flying insects that eat garden pests.
(just the image).
Cut out the four scenes and arrange them so they show the life cycle of the ladybug from egg to adult as it undergoes complete metamorphosis.
Read the text, then answer the questions.
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A short printable shape book for early readers about the life cycle of a ladybug, with pages on the eggs, larva, pupa, and adult ladybug.
Leafcutter ants are fungus farmers - they grow their own food.
The lightning bug (also known as the firefly) is a luminescent flying insect.
A green moth with long hindwing tails and distinctive eyespots.
The yellow mealworm is the larval stage of the darkling beetle (Tenebrio molitor).
Label the life cycle of the yellow mealworm, from egg to larva to pupa to adult.
A small flying insect that is a carrier of disease.
A printout on the mosquito's life cycle to read and color.
Label the mosquito life cycle diagram.
Cut out the four scenes and arrange them so they show the life cycle of the mosquito from egg to adult as it undergoes complete metamorphosis.
Label the egg, caterpillar, cocoon, and moth in English.
Label the egg, caterpillar, cocoon, and moth in French.
Label the egg, caterpillar, cocoon, and moth in German.
Label the egg, caterpillar, cocoon, and moth in Italian.
Label the egg, caterpillar, cocoon, and moth in Spanish.
A brown and orange butterfly that lives in humid coastal salt-spray meadows and fields in the Pacific Northwest of the USA.
A very widespread and common butterfly.
The life cycle of this common butterfly.
(Simple version)A very widespread and common butterfly.
A short, printable activity book on the life cycle of the painted lady butterfly for fluent readers (with tabs).
A bug that walks on water.
It is also called the water strider.
Predatory insects that eat garden pests.
Label the anatomy of a praying mantis on this printout.
Queen Alexandra's Birdwing is the biggest butterfly in the world.
Its wingspan is about 1 foot (30 cm) wide.
The silkworm moth is an insect (not a worm) that produces a silken cocoon.
This cocoon is harvested to make silk thread.
The Ulysses is a spectacular swallowtail butterfly from Australia.
The Viceroy is an orange and black butterfly from North America.
The Walkingstick (also called the laboratory stick insect) is a long, slow-moving, plant-eating insect that looks like a twig.
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Wasps are insects with 2 pairs of wings and strong jaws.
Many wasps sting.
A bug that walks on water.
A yellow jacket is a type of social wasp, a flying, stinging insect.
The Zebra Longwing is a small, black-and-yellow striped butterfly from warm areas.
The Zebra Swallowtail butterfly is a common butterfly with distinctive black and white markings.
Insect in Many Language:
Label the insects in English, including the fly, bee, ant, dragonfly, grasshopper, ladybug, mosquito, butterfly, caterpillar, and antenna.
Label the insects in French, including the fly, bee, ant, dragonfly, grasshopper, ladybug, mosquito, butterfly, caterpillar, and antenna.
Label the insects in German, including the fly, bee, ant, dragonfly, grasshopper, ladybug, mosquito, butterfly, caterpillar, and antenna.
Label the insects in Italian, including the fly, bee, ant, dragonfly, grasshopper, ladybug, mosquito, butterfly, caterpillar, and antenna.
Label the insects in Spanish, including the fly, bee, ant, dragonfly, grasshopper, ladybug, mosquito, butterfly, caterpillar, and antenna.
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