https://padlet.com/hugheymd/1wv2bw4cf7wnfx8m Made with joy en-us 2022-02-25 19:50:41 UTC 2022-02-25 20:22:21 UTC hello@padlet.com hugheymd https://padlet.com/hugheymd/1wv2bw4cf7wnfx8m/wish/2066932514 Insects are very picky about what they eat! Some insects survive on small plants or animals and some survive on rotting wood, blood, horns, or wool. ]]> 2022-02-25 19:52:39 UTC https://padlet.com/hugheymd/1wv2bw4cf7wnfx8m/wish/2066932514 hugheymd https://padlet.com/hugheymd/1wv2bw4cf7wnfx8m/wish/2066944067 Most insects develop from eggs outside of their mother's body. Mothers choose a place for their eggs and then abandons them. Few insects give birth to live young. Once insects have hatched, they start to feed and grow and often change shape. This is called metamorphosis. Some insects change a lot, and some only change a little. ]]> 2022-02-25 20:02:22 UTC https://padlet.com/hugheymd/1wv2bw4cf7wnfx8m/wish/2066944067 hugheymd https://padlet.com/hugheymd/1wv2bw4cf7wnfx8m/wish/2066949422 Some insects help people while some harm them. Without bees and other insects, many flowers would not be pollinated, therefore many of the plants we grow wouldn't be able to produce food. Without predatory insects, there would be many more pests. Caterpillars, bugs and beetles attack our plants, and some locusts swarm fields and strip them bare.]]> 2022-02-25 20:07:09 UTC https://padlet.com/hugheymd/1wv2bw4cf7wnfx8m/wish/2066949422 hugheymd https://padlet.com/hugheymd/1wv2bw4cf7wnfx8m/wish/2066954497 Spiders have joint legs and hard bodies. Spiders belong to a group of animals called arachnids. Their bodies are separated into parts. All spiders are predators. Some eat frogs, lizards and small birds, but most eat insects. ]]> 2022-02-25 20:11:54 UTC https://padlet.com/hugheymd/1wv2bw4cf7wnfx8m/wish/2066954497 hugheymd https://padlet.com/hugheymd/1wv2bw4cf7wnfx8m/wish/2066958003 There are more species of beetles in the world than any other kind of animal. Beetles live in a wide range of habitats and vary in size. The largest beetle can measure up to 7 1/2 inches long. Many beetles are vegetarians, but some feed on remains of decaying animals]]> 2022-02-25 20:15:09 UTC https://padlet.com/hugheymd/1wv2bw4cf7wnfx8m/wish/2066958003 hugheymd https://padlet.com/hugheymd/1wv2bw4cf7wnfx8m/wish/2066961510 Butterflies spend the first part of their lives as caterpillars. They develop in a cocoon. An adult butterfly eats liquid foods, such as nectar or rotting fruit. Butterflies fly by day and rest at night. There are more than 150,000 species of butterflies. ]]> 2022-02-25 20:18:27 UTC https://padlet.com/hugheymd/1wv2bw4cf7wnfx8m/wish/2066961510