BUGS:

1
BUGS!

• THAT GLOW IN THE DARK
• 4th Grade Miss April
• Monte Vista Elementary

2
FIREFLIES LURE PREY

• Fireflies are notorious creatures for luring
  their prey by using flashes of green light.
• The flashes of light fireflies emit can be white,
  green, yellow, orange or red.

3
FIREFLIES MATING CALL

• They attract their mate with these flashes as
  well.
• They produce this green light by a series of
  chemical reactions in their abdomen!
• http//animals.about.com/library/dyk/bldyk-firefli
  es.htm

4
FIREFLIES AS LARVAE

• Females lay their eggs in the soil and the eggs
  hatch within a month.
• Some species lay their eggs in trees.
• The larvae (glowworms) hatch and feed on other
  insects throughout the summer months for up to 2
  years.
• http//www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Loge/9474/firef
  lies.html

5
FIREFLY DIET

• Firefly larvae eat slugs and snails (also
  earthworms). It is unclear as to whether or not
  adults feed at all. Frogs will eat as many
  fireflies as they can.

6
GLOW WORM CAVE

• Glow worms in Australia elect to inhabit a
  variety of terrain including shady protected
  places with high humidity but not necessarily
  constantly wet, and at Springbrook they can be
  found in
• the earth walls of roadside cuttings and tracks
• crevices in rock faces 
• creek banks
• under rocks on the ground that have a protruding
  ledge
• and the root masses of fallen trees.
• http//www.maguires.com/glow_worms

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GLOW WORMS IN CAVE

• Glow-worms at Natural Bridge in Springbrook
  National Park give off a blue-green
  bioluminescence, which they use to lure prey.
  (Image Wendy Pyper)
• http//www.abc.net.au/science/slab/glowworm/img/bi
  oluminescence.jpg

8
GLOW WORMS SNARE

• Looking like a dew-drop necklace, a glow-worm
  snare of silk threads and mucus droplets awaits
  unsuspecting insect prey.
• http//www.abc.net.au/science/slab/glowworm/img/bi
  oluminescence.jpg

9
ACTIVITY CHOICES

• build bug cages, spreading boards, collection
  boxes, nets, or other homemade entomology
  equipment
• play "bug bingo" (available at the Spineless
  Explorations Outfitters in the Minibeast
  Merchandise Mall) to help children learn the
  names of common insects
• make flash cards of insect pictures
• make a poster bulletin board or display of insect
  pictures or insect artifacts highlighting insect
  colors, shapes, life cycles, behavior, habitats
  or other themes
• make and use a quiz board
• learn how to make collections (collect adult
  insects, immatures, or non-insects as an
  alternative to collecting, observe live insects
  and keep a checklist of insects seen on school
  grounds, recording the date of the observation,
  name of the insects, what the insect was doing,
  and observer's names)
• observe a flower plant, beehive or ant hill (take
  notes or photographs of the activity observed)
• rear an insect (mealworms, caterpillars,
  mosquitoes, flour beetles, or others) and observe
  and record their life cycle
• set up an insect zoo of native insects design
  and plant a butterfly garden (or study the plants
  that attract butterflies in your area) make
  insect life cycle mobiles
• explore the use of insects as objects of art,
  music, literature, religion, and folklore
• discuss topics such as "Where can I see
  insects...", "What kinds of insects build
  houses...", or "How many different kinds of
  insects live in our community..." put together a
  list of trivia questions on insects or, create
  crossword puzzles, wordfinds or other puzzles
  using entomological terms.