Bug Blog (#1)

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My Bug:

Right away I knew this was a Praying Mantis!
The praying mantis is named for its prominent front legs, which are bent and held together at an angle that suggests the position of prayer.

Scientific name: Mantis Religiosa
 

Type: Invertebrates, which means an animal lacking a backbone which constitutes 95% of animal species.
Where does it live: Mantises are distributed worldwide in temperate and tropical habitats.
What does it eat: The Mantis eats other carnivores
Matting:  The notorious mating behavior of the adult female, who sometimes eats her mate just after—or even during—mating.
Reproduction: Females regularly lay hundreds of eggs in a small case, and nymphs hatch looking much like tiny versions of their parents.
Life Cycle: Mantises go through three life stages: egg, nymph, and adult. A mantis nymph grows bigger as it molts its exoskeleton.

               
                   1. Mantis religiosa mating (brown male, green female)               2. Stagmomantis carolina laying ootheca

                  
                               3. Recently laid M. religiosaootheca                        4. Nymph hatching from the ootheca

Activities for children related to praying mantis:


  • Go outside and look for bugs in environment. Talk about what you find, research bugs you don't know, and take picture to document your findings.
  • Create a dramatic play area that has materials needed to be an entomologist, a scientist who studies insects, such as magnifying glasses, preserved insects, rulers, journals, drawing materials.
  • Insect yoga!
  • Creepy crawly sensory table. Students can explore the environment of insects and bugs! Place soils, rocks, sticks and twigs, along with plastic insects and bugs inside a dry sensory table and let kids explore.


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