Worksheet 11

I am an ENTOMOLOGIST

“You can’t fool me!”

Using a digital camera or normal camera to document the development of your insect. As you are an entomologist, develop a presentation of the development of your stick insect in poster form.

Some questions to note-

1) Strange behaviours you have noticed.

· How does it behave when the wind blows?

· Does it eat its shed skin?

· Do the nymphs always climb up the nearest object?

· What is Flash-colouration?

· What is Parthenogenesis?

2) Camouflage and various stages of its development

· What does the nymph resemble?

· As the nymph develops how closely does it resemble a scorpion?

· What does the adult look like?

3) How do all of the above help the insect survive?