Bugs

By: me
AREA: Plant Science

UNIT: Insects

LESSON: #2- Investigate environmental and economical

impacts of pest management

EQ: How do we classify common pests, including insects and

noxious weeds?

WICOR: Inquiry
 LIST THE FIVE MOST COMMON PESTS THAT AFFECT
PLANT PRODUCTION.

- Insect
- Nematode
- Weed
- Disease
- Rodent/Animal
 DESCRIBE AN INSECT.

- Insects are animals with three distinct body parts including

head, thorax and abdomen.
 DESCRIBE A NEMATODE.

- Nematodes are appendageless, non-segmented, worm like

invertebrates.
 DESCRIBE A WEED.

- Weeds are any plant that competes for light, nutrients,

water, and space with desired plants.
 DESCRIBE DISEASES.

- A disease is any change in the state of metabolism

necessary for the normal development and functioning of
any organism. There are two types: environmental and
parasitic. Environmental diseases are caused by nutrient
deficiencies, pollution, weather, genetics or chemicals, while
parasitic diseases are caused by microorganisms that live in
plants.
 DESCRIBE RODENTS/ANIMALS.

- Rodents/Animals are animals like deer or javelina that eat

leaves, stems, and roots of plants.
DESCRIBE INSECTS CLOSE RELATIVES.

● Spiders
- 4 pairs of legs
● Centipedes
- 1 pair of legs for each body segment
● Millipedes
- 2 pairs of legs each body segment
● Pillbugs
- 7 pair of legs
● Snails, slugs
- Lacking three body parts
 DESCRIBE HOW INSECTS ARE CLASSIFIED.

- Insects belong to the Animalia Kingdom, Arthropoda

Phylum, and the Hexapoda Class.
IDENTIFY THE SIXTEEN AGRICULTURALLY IMPORTANT
ORDERS AND AN EXAMPLE OF EACH.

ONLY SIXTEEN OF THE TWENTY EIGHT INSECT ORDERS ARE OF

AGRICULTURAL IMPORTANCE. THESE ORDERS INCLUDE:
 - Odonata(Dragonflies)
- Orthoptera(Grasshoppers, crickets, and cockroaches)
- Isoptera(Termites)
- Hemiptera(True bugs)
- Homoptera(Aphids)
- Neuroptera(Lacewings)
- Coleoptera(Beetles)
- Lepidoptera(Butterflies and moths)
- Diptere(Flies and Mosquitos)
- Hymenoptere(Ants, bees, and wasps)
- Thysanura(Silverfish, bristletails, or fish moths)
- Siphonaptera(Flea)
- Anoplura(Sucking lice)
- Mallophaga(Chewing lice)
- Dermaptera(Earwigs
- Thysanoptera(Thrips)
 DESCRIBE 4 MAJOR ECONOMIC LOSSES CAUSED Y
INSECT DAMAGE TO PLANTS.
1. Direct injury to the plant parts. Insect cause damage by
devouring vegetative parts, roots, stems, fruit, flowers, and
seeds.
2. Reduction in crop yields. Insects attack the fruit of a plant,
which causes a direct loss in yield.
 DESCRIBE 4 MAJOR ECONOMIC LOSSES CAUSED Y
INSECT DAMAGE TO PLANTS.
3. Transmission of plant disease.
4. Reduction in the quality of the plant products due to the
physical damage. When feeding on plants, insects destroy
cells and parts of normally healthy plants or fruits.
 DESCRIBE 4 MAJOR ECONOMIC BENEFITS CAUSED
OF INSECTS.
1. Carry pollen for pollination, which is essential to seed
production of many crops.
2. Natural enemies of pests
● Lady Beetles
● Assassin Bug
● Dragon Fly
3. Production of marketable products.
● Honey
● Beeswax
● Silk
 DESCRIBE FOUR WAYS THAT INSECTS HARM
PEOPLE.
1. Annoying
2. Bites and stings
3. Parasites
4. Spread Diseases
 Independent work (Conclusion)
1. Research 4 insects that are harmful and what the impact is
for us. (what do they damage and how much)
2. Research 4 insects that are beneficial and what the impact
is for us. (what they produce or provide)
3. Research 4 insects that are both harmful and beneficial.
Directions:
1. You can not use an insect that I have previously listed in this
lesson.
2. Work independently - use your computer.
 AREA: ABS
UNIT: INSECTS
LESSON: #4 - How insects spread _

EQ: What methods are used by insects to spread

WICOR: Research
 DESCRIBE THE FOUR INSECT LIFE CYCLES.
Complete Metamorphosis
● Egg, larva, pupa, and adult.
● Examples include beetles, moths, butterflies, flies,
mosquitos, bees, wasps, and ants.
 Gradual Metamorphosis
● Egg, nymph, and adult
● Examples include grasshoppers, crickets, roaches, true bugs
 Incomplete Metamorphosis
● Egg, naiad, and adult
● Examples include dragonflies, mayflies, stoneflies, and
damselflies.
 No Metamorphosis
● Egg, young, and adult
● Examples include silverfish, bristletails, and firebrats
 Describe how insects spread during each stafe of life.
● Eggs of insects are immobile, They can spread by: wind,
waterflow, transported by humans, or on plant material.
● Larvae of most insects are able to move. This is the stage that
typically does the most damage to crops. Most larvae do not have
wings. They move by: walking, wind, water, transported by
humans, or on plant material.
● Pupa are not mobile. They can however be transported: on plant
material or by humans.
● Adult stage is the most mobile. Adult insects spread by: flying,
wind (flight makes being picked up by wind much more likely),
walking, water, on plant material, and transported by humans.
Some adult insects go through complex migrations. Adults may
lay eggs anywhere that they travel. This contributes to the
spread of insects.