Classroom Insects

We have insects in our classrooms, but we don't need an exterminator.  Our Science lessons are about the life cycles of insects.  The stages are egg, larva, pupa, and adult.  All of our insects were eggs first.  Then they were larva when we got them.  The larva were mealworms, silkworms, and caterpillars.  Next the larva made a cocoon and became a pupa.  Last they became adult beetles, white moths, and monarch butterflies.

We learned that mealworms turn into beetles.  Caterpillars turn into butterflies, and silkworms turn into white moths.

We know an animal must have six legs, antennas, and three body parts (head, thorax, abdomen) to be an insect.

There are many different kinds of insects.  Enchanted Learning.com has a lot of information for us to research more about insects.

Adult beetles in a cup with some food.

Our beetles crawling all over each other.

As beetles get older they turn darker into black.

Mealworms getting ready to turn into pupa.

Caterpillars attached to the top of their habitat

Caterpillars look really odd.

Silkworms have see-through bodies.

A silkworm climbing to the top of its habitat to make a cocoon.

Silkworms are sort of white in color.

We keep a chart of the growth of our mealworms.