InsectsInsects

Written and Illustrated byWritten and Illustrated by

Mrs. Love’s 1Mrs. Love’s 1stst Graders Graders

April 2005April 2005

Fire AntFire Ant By: Annmarie Franz By: Annmarie Franz

It eats insects, fruit It eats insects, fruit juices, and sugar.juices, and sugar.

It lives in fields, yards, It lives in fields, yards, and houses.and houses.

This common ant also This common ant also lives in rotten wood.lives in rotten wood.

LadybugLadybug By: Ashley Garcia By: Ashley Garcia

It eats aphids.It eats aphids. It lives in gardens, It lives in gardens,

fields, and forests.fields, and forests. By devouring aphids, it By devouring aphids, it

protects the host plant. protects the host plant.

Butter FlyButter Fly By: Austin Vickery By: Austin Vickery

It eats plants.It eats plants. It lives in the It lives in the

northeastern states.northeastern states. Their wings are bright Their wings are bright

orange with dark spots.orange with dark spots.

Cockroach Cockroach By: Baylee Molitor By: Baylee Molitor

It eats just about It eats just about everything!everything!

It lives and dark It lives and dark crevices and buildings.crevices and buildings.

It escapes on foot into It escapes on foot into cracks in our homes.cracks in our homes.

StinkbugStinkbug By: Breeden Jones By: Breeden Jones

It eats juices of leaves, It eats juices of leaves, flowers, and fruit trees.flowers, and fruit trees.

It lives in orchards, It lives in orchards, gardens, and crop fields. gardens, and crop fields. It is destructive to It is destructive to crops.crops.

Giant Crane FlyGiant Crane Fly By: Brendan Madziarczyk By: Brendan Madziarczyk

It eats blood of warm It eats blood of warm blooded animals and blooded animals and nectar.nectar.

It lives in moist areas.It lives in moist areas. This is one of the largest This is one of the largest

flies in the world.flies in the world.

Moth By: Connor JamesMoth By: Connor James It eats leaves.It eats leaves. It lives in forests.It lives in forests. They begin eating They begin eating

leaves and stripping a leaves and stripping a whole foreest in one whole foreest in one season. season.

CicadaCicada By: Drew Diffendal By: Drew Diffendal

It eats sap from trees.It eats sap from trees. It lives in northeastern It lives in northeastern

United States.United States. Cicadas burst out of Cicadas burst out of

their nymphal skins.their nymphal skins.

BeeBee By: Hunter Ceto By: Hunter Ceto

It eats clover and It eats clover and flowers.flowers.

It lives in woods, fields It lives in woods, fields and gardens.and gardens.

They live in huge They live in huge organized colonies organized colonies headed by one queen headed by one queen bee. bee.

TermiteTermite By: Ibrahim Share By: Ibrahim Share

It eats wood and other It eats wood and other plant matter. plant matter.

It lives in soil, wood It lives in soil, wood and moist wood.and moist wood.

They are the most They are the most destructive species in destructive species in North America.North America.

KatydidKatydid By: Iliana Vargas By: Iliana Vargas

It eats leaves.It eats leaves. It lives in leafy forests.It lives in leafy forests. Katydids are not easy to Katydids are not easy to

spot against a backdrop spot against a backdrop of leafy branches.of leafy branches.

MosquitoMosquito By: Jacora Hamaker By: Jacora Hamaker

It eats nectar and plant It eats nectar and plant juices.juices.

It lives in swamps, It lives in swamps, ponds, water.ponds, water.

The female sucks blood The female sucks blood from birds, reptiles, and from birds, reptiles, and people.people.

BeetleBeetle By: Jake Swindle By: Jake Swindle

It eats leaves.It eats leaves. It lives in forests and It lives in forests and

suburbs.suburbs. Larvae can take as long Larvae can take as long

as three years to grow.as three years to grow.

Praying Mantis By: Jason HargrovePraying Mantis By: Jason Hargrove

It eats insects.It eats insects. It lives in brushy fields It lives in brushy fields

and gardens.and gardens. Has a flexible neck, and Has a flexible neck, and

swivels it’s head as it swivels it’s head as it looks for prey.looks for prey.

Greenstinkbug Greenstinkbug By: Jhoslin Prince By: Jhoslin Prince

It eats juices of leaves It eats juices of leaves flowers fruit threesflowers fruit threes

It lives in orchards It lives in orchards gardens.gardens.

It can cause much It can cause much damage to crops. damage to crops.

AntAnt By: Jordan Gyovai By: Jordan Gyovai

It eats fruit juices and It eats fruit juices and sugar.sugar.

It lives in fields, yards, It lives in fields, yards, and houses.and houses.

They live in rotten They live in rotten wood. wood.

Fire flyFire fly By: Kenny Daniels By: Kenny Daniels

It eats blood.It eats blood. It lives near streams in It lives near streams in

forests.forests. The eggs attach The eggs attach

themselves to stones.themselves to stones.

DragonflyDragonfly By: Nick Soucie By: Nick Soucie

It eats gnats, flies, and It eats gnats, flies, and mosquitoes.mosquitoes.

It lives near ponds and It lives near ponds and streams.streams.

Males of this dragonfly Males of this dragonfly protect their territory. protect their territory.

Squash Bug Squash Bug By: Sarah Fergus By: Sarah Fergus

It sucks plants juices It sucks plants juices and sucks blood.and sucks blood.

It lives in gardens and It lives in gardens and squash fields.squash fields.

The squash bug has a The squash bug has a front wing that has two front wing that has two parts.parts.

Common Water StriderCommon Water Strider By: Shannon Hoey By: Shannon Hoey

It eats smaller insects.It eats smaller insects. It lives on surfaces of It lives on surfaces of

ponds, lakes, and slow ponds, lakes, and slow streams.streams.

They walk on top of They walk on top of water. water.

HouseflyHousefly By: Shannon Carlsen By: Shannon Carlsen

It eats the blood of It eats the blood of animals and nectar. animals and nectar.

It lives in houses and It lives in houses and farms.farms.

House flies are hard to House flies are hard to swat because they react swat because they react to movement five times to movement five times faster than regular insets faster than regular insets do.do.

GrasshopperGrasshopper By: Tyler Paulson By: Tyler Paulson

It eats grass and crops.It eats grass and crops. It lives in grass and It lives in grass and

open woods.open woods. The sounds are made by The sounds are made by

rubbing the hind legs rubbing the hind legs against. The fore wing against. The fore wing or by rubbing the wings or by rubbing the wings together.together.

Cricket Cricket By: Victoria Mantel By: Victoria Mantel

It eats crumbs and food It eats crumbs and food scraps.scraps.

It lives in meadows or It lives in meadows or weeds.weeds.

The clear high notes of The clear high notes of the cricket’s song can be the cricket’s song can be heard day or night.heard day or night.