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Bugs & Slugs
Bugs & Slugs
Words in bold
are explained
inthe glossary
onpage 27.
What is a mollusc?.... ..
11
Super spiders... ....13
disappear altoqether.
Leopard slug
Bugs can be found all over the wNorld,
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on everu continent and in every climate.
Molluscs
These creatures,
Such as snails, have
Shield bug soft bodies and
Insects move around on
These bugs, Annelids a single foot'.
Such as shield These creatures,
bugs, have Such as wormsS, are
six legs. made of segments Garden
shail
Spider of muscle that
move to help them
Arachnids get around.
These bugs, such as
spiders, have eight legs.
Myriapods
These bugs, such as Centipede
centipedes, have many legs. Earthworm
3
Hearing
Bug senses Bugs do not have ears, but
they are sensitive tosound.
Bugs have the same senses as we do! Some bugs can even sense
Most bugs would not survive without sound through vibrations.
their antennae becausethey use Did you know?
them for lots of their senses. Spiders, such asjumping spiders
Touch Smell
Tortoiseshell butterfly
Bugs use their Bugs donot have noses, So
Sight
antennae to feel the theyuse their super-sensitive
Flieshave compound eyes.
world around them. antennae to pick up smells.
This means each eye is made
up of many smaller 'eyes'
grouped together inside
it.
Wasp
Common fly Jumping spider Colorado beetle 6
Beautiful Did you know?
Six legs
7
Busy workers The termite queen can live up
to 50 years. Worker termites
Ants and termites live in huge colonies, workingand helping only live one to twWO years!
each other. They both are ruled by queens. Workers build Although ants and termites
the nest, search for food and protect the young. look quite similar, termites
are much larger in size.
There are lots of tunnels and Termites build large mud mound
Ants build nests rooms inside the nest. The rooms colonies above the ground. Some
by moving soil are used to store food, some are mounds can be taller than a giraffe! Termite
with their mouths. used to look after eggs and babies. Inside, they work in total darkness.
wings open
Chrysalis
5. The
butterfly
3.The Some butterflies are big and some
Adult
Butterfly caterpillar are tiny. The Queen Alexandra's
emerges from emerges
eats and eats
the chrysalis birdwing butterfly isthe largest in
until it is time the world - it about the size of a
and the life is
for it to form
Cycle starts dinner plate! The western pygmy
a chrysalis
again. blue butterfly is the smallest, with a
around itself.
4. Inside the chrysalis, the caterpillar wingspan smaller than a grape.
changes into a butterfly. Queen Alexandra's birdwing
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Glossary Index
A G
Antennae Mollusc Annelid 4, 25 Giant cicada 24 Periwinkle 12 Termite 9, 10, 26
Ant 9, 10, 26 Giant weta 24 27
A sensory organ found on the head An invertebrate that has a soft body Pollen 17,
A large group of animals that Iive The fine powder made by certain Butterfly 5, 19, 20, 26 Spider 3, 13, 14
Queen K Diving l4
together in one area, such as a nest. plants when they reproduce. Alexandra's Katydid l6 House 13
E Atlas 24
Dark crimson
Life cycle Egg 7,9, 13, 19, 26
underwing 20
A of stages
series a living thing goes 3
Myriapod
through during its life.
Firefly 8
Fly 5, 21