Insect Unit Study

We are completing our study of mollusks today and are beginning our study of arthropods. I’m quickly posting this to make it easier to access the links during our study. This is only a portion of the study. I’ve almost completed the entire study. I never knew how many bugs there are in this world. Combined with our Sponges and Mollusks study and what I have posted here our study takes up 10 pages of a Word document. The total length I currently have in the document is 38 pages and I expect it will be at least 5-10 more pages when I finish it.

Phylum Arthropoda

Read Introducing Arthropods pg 4-5 in Arthropods Animal Kingdom by Ruth Miller

Read Arthropod Features pg 6-7

Read Insects pg 8-13

Watch True Life Adventures Vol 4: Nature’s Half Acre – observing nature in settings similar to your backyard

Class Insecta

1. Order Anoplura (sucking lice) (suborder of Phthiraptera) pg 1 from Colorado State University Extension http://cmg.colostate.edu/gardennotes/313.pdf

a. Watch Head Lice in hair http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4cg8vYk698

b. Watch Head Lice up close http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-IH0NjaM0A

c. Watch Getting Rid of head lice http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQBfjWp_OW4

d. Read Head Lice Eggs http://www.jcu.edu.au/school/phtm/PHTM/hlice/eggs.htm

e. Read Head Lice Anatomy http://www.jcu.edu.au/school/phtm/PHTM/poster/lousypst.htm

f. Print off picture of head louse and label parts http://www.sflorg.com/technews/images/imtn110606_02_02.jpg

g. Draw picture of head louse with classification and place in classification book

2. Order Blattaria (cockroaches and woodroaches) pg 2 from http://cmg.colostate.edu/gardennotes/313.pdf

a. Read Cockroach by Karen Hartley

b. Watch Cockroaches http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daYvNM2IuOg

c. Watch Cockroach Infestation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcpRfsLlI2M

d. Watch Giant Madagascar Hissing Cockroach http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Cs5FdxhtzE

e. Explore the Virtual Roach http://www.orkin.com/cockroaches/virtual-roach

f. Label anatomy of a cockroach http://www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/youngnaturalistawards/1998/images/paperpics/roachanatomy.gif

g. Draw picture of cockroach with classification and place in classification book.

3. Order Coleoptera (beetles, weevils) pg 2 from http://cmg.colostate.edu/gardennotes/313.pdf

a. Read the Life Cycle of the Beetle by Bobbie Kalman

b. Family Meloidae (blister beetles)

i. Read Blister Beetles http://bugguide.net/node/view/181

ii. Watch Blister Beetle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWmVyFAK3jk

iii. Watch Blister Beetle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uBgGrSEFlk

iv. Watch Blister Beetle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voXO2mARwII

v. Draw picture of blister beetle with classification and place in classification book.

c. Family Silphidae (carrion beetles)

i. Read about Silphidae family http://www.bumblebee.org/invertebrates/ColeopteraG.htm

ii. Watch Looking for Carrion Beetles http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H75rJGLaSNk

iii. Watch Carrion Beetles http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxEw7nEGtRs

iv. Draw picture of carrion beetle with classification and place in classification book.

d. Family Cleridae (checkered beetles)

i. Read Cleridae family http://www.colostate.edu/Dept/bspm/extension%20and%20outreach/Clerid%20Beetles.pdf

ii. Watch Checkered Beetle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-NYwif8qBM

iii. Watch Checkered Beetle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsXFzvn3e5E

iv. Watch Checkered Beetle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EjlfWKvBbQ

v. Watch Checkered Beetle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98q_GxGESvY

vi. Draw picture of checkered beetle with classification and place in classification book.

e. Family Tenebrionidae (darkling beetles)

i. Read about Darkling Beetles http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_beetles/Tenebrionidae.htm

ii. Watch Darkling Beetle Life Cycle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ox2x4awNXk&NR=1

iii. Watch Darkling Beetles http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxTg5WVEvfU

iv. Watch Darkling Beetles to music http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fImi66-Wy4c

v. Watch Darkling Beetle at White Sands http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_bcAGgpCvc

vi. Watch Darkling Beetle eating a bee http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbTaE5waGX4

vii. Draw picture of darkling beetle with classification and place in classification book.

f. Family Lampyriae (fireflies)

i. Read Fireflies by Sally M. Walker and explore about fireflies here http://www.firefly.org/

ii. Watch Fireflies http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50ZxxyZPaI0

iii. Watch Fireflies in woods http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKbR2_FWxg4

iv. Watch Fireflies mating http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wdfASJdcWI

v. Watch Spider eat a firefly http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfxhOu2v048

vi. Watch firefly on finger http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAZSMZWr1i8

vii. Draw picture of firefly with classification and place in classification book.

g. Family Carabidae (ground beetles)

i. Read about ground beetles http://insects.oeb.harvard.edu/boston_islands/bugmonth/0808_euro_grd_beetle.htm

ii. Watch ground beetle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE05MV7jZ_E

iii. Watch ground beetle in dirt http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKDt4o-dMf8

iv. Watch ground beetle on wall http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIzGBTHz23Y

v. Watch ground beetle climbing a wall http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBRBP_XUank

vi. Watch ground beetle mouthparts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqXAN6XRsV8

vii. Draw picture of ground beetle with classification and place in classification book

h. Family Coccinellidae (lady beetles)

i. Read Face to Face with the Ladybug by Valerie Tracqui

ii. Watch Ladybug eat an aphid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3p4tCDJLuA

iii. Watch Ladybugs attach aphids http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXKMpErTDUI

iv. Watch birth of a ladybug http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daOBpw4-jXA

v. Watch ladybug laying eggs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lC9-spPaY40&NR=1

vi. Capture ladybugs to observe. Catch aphids for them to eat. Reference Creepy Crawlies and the Scientific Method on how to attract ladybugs and find aphids.

vii. Draw picture of ladybugs with classification and place in classification book.

i. Family Staphylinidae (rove beetles)

i. Read about Rove Beetles http://www.entomology.wisc.edu/mbcn/kyf404.html

ii. Watch Rove Beetle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb3IsCKBe40

iii. Watch Rove Beetles on rotting fruit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsAIGi6BLdE

iv. Watch Rove Beetle defensive behaviour http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8olofAEwldc

v. Watch Rove Beetle fold it’s wings http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJbwbeHx8Lg

vi. Watch Rove Beetle eating http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ-GexY2QSI

vii. Draw picture of rove beetle with classification and place in classification book.

j. Family Scarabaeidae (scarab beetles including rose chafer)

i. Read about Scarab beetles http://www.naturalworlds.org/scarabaeidae/

ii. Watch dung beetles http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1RHmSm36aE

iii. Watch long armed scarab beetle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LX8s576LR_8

iv. Watch dung beetle in hand http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsYvdgfipUY

v. Watch scarab beetle walking http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHEV7HcTZf8

vi. Watch rainbow scarab beetles at work http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmCxGeQnZLo

vii. Watch scarab beetle up close http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pKMJlpuN6w

viii. Draw picture of scarab beetle with classification and place in classification book.

k. Family Cantharidae (soldier beetles)

i. Read about soldier beetles http://www.uky.edu/Ag/CritterFiles/casefile/insects/beetles/soldier/soldier.htm

ii. Watch soldier beetle on blade of grass http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CG6bqcytf8A

iii. Watch common red soldier beetle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBJaU9K7T88

iv. Watch Goldenrod Soldier Beetle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eeSqOqcQr0

v. Watch Soldier Beetle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwsXPNf0vhI

vi. Watch soldier beetle on flowers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-P3WCCnJ0M

vii. Draw picture of soldier beetle with classification and place in classification book.

l. Family Cicindelidae (tiger beetles)

i. Read about Tiger Beetles http://www.earthlife.net/insects/cicindel.html

ii. Watch Tiger Beetle hunt http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nf2w3gujjKE

iii. Watch tiger beetle on beach http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZzq8WnS7HE

iv. Watch tiger beetle larvae digging a burrow http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxbgysrO_74

v. Watch Salt Creek Tiger Beetle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WziYfuqPm_0

vi. Watch Tiger Beetle presentation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FKAFFENNfw

vii. Watch Tiger Beetle hunting a cricket http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iFqvPc08bs

viii. Watch Six Spotted Tiger Beetle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMbbeISj7DU

ix. Watch Tiger Beetle in Italy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36KgUBARDF4

x. Draw picture of tiger beetle with classification and place in classification book.

m. Family Scolytidae (bark and ambrosia beetles)

i. Read about bark beetles http://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/63815

ii. Watch pine bark beetle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aabhFPFcNks

iii. Watch short bark beetle documentary http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGZgaIDtEo8

iv. Watch short mountain pine beetle documentary http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXzX9l7vJXA

v. Watch mountain pine beetle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miYFkMvzT0o

vi. Watch Ambrosia beetle up close http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itB0ld0oFoA

vii. Draw picture of bark beetle with classification and place in classification book

n. Family Dermestidae (carpet beetles)

i. Read about carpet beetles http://pestcontrolcanada.com/INSECTS/Stored%20food%20and%20fabric%20pests/carpet_beetles.htm

ii. Watch varied carpet beetle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymZgnJ_fdGY

iii. Watch carpet beetle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KIFYNjoTgI

iv. Watch how to get rid of carpet beetles http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-get-rid-of-carpet-beetles

v. Draw picture of carpet beetle with classification and place in classification book.

o. Family Elateridae (click beetles)

i. Read about Click Beetles http://elateridae.co.uk/

ii. Watch Big Eyed Click Beetle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv6AKFA77oM

iii. Watch Click Beetle up close http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jDsAQkyoyU

iv. Watch Click Beetle mechanism http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8Phip5U-Wo

v. Watch Click Beetle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH4roWTUMoA

vi. Watch wireworm in field http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9DNrnqAyE

vii. Draw picture of click beetle with classification and place in classification book.

p. Family Chrysomelidae (leaf beetles)

i. Read about leaf beetles http://www.canadanursery.com/Storage/26/1961_Chapter_4.6_Leaf_Beetles.pdf

ii. Watch Dogbane Leaf Beetle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlYMriuF4Pg

iii. Watch Leaf Beetle Larvae eating a leaf http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrzP5sbzEl8

iv. Watch Leaf Beetle laying eggs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVCawjBjLWc

v. Watch Ragweed Leaf Beetle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxYO9qG1kkA

vi. Watch Swamp Milkweed with Leaf Beetle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx-OgUVao20

vii. Draw picture of leaf beetle with classification and place in classification book.

q. Family Cerambycidae (longhorned beetles or roundheaded borers)

i. Watch Asian Longhorn Beetle in Japan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDNV2YC620o

ii. Watch Asian Longhorn Beetle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gW6cIzybDgU

iii. Watch tree vaccination against Longhorn Beetles

iv. Watch chirping longhorn beetle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyUJTqhYB1w

v. Watch longhorn beetle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r2RapEpOR4

vi. Draw picture of longhorn beetle with classification and place in classification book.

r. Family Buprestidae (metallic wood beetles or flatheaded borers)

i. Read about Metallic Wood Boring Beetles http://canadianbiodiversity.mcgill.ca/english/species/insects/insectpages/buprestidae.htm

ii. Watch Metallic Wood Boring Beetle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gah5W5CKt6M

iii. Watch Metallic Wood Boring Beetle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIQTxMJQzxs

iv. Draw picture of Metallic Wood Boring Beetle with classification and place in classification book.

s. Family Nitidulidae (sap beetles)

i. Read about sap beetles http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2047.html

ii. Watch Four Spotted Sap Beetle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwoSdvX4ClY

iii. Watch sap beetles http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kW3WFxlLfo4and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwBaUAtls4kand http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=al3THnuUnoM

iv. Draw picture of sap beetle with classification and place in classification book.

t. Family Bruchidae (seed beetles)

i. Read about Bruchidae beetles http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/006/Q2585E/Q2585E03.htm

ii. Watch seed beetles http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nxq3kzt7MLA

iii. Draw picture of seed beetles with classification and place in classification book.

u. Family Curculionidae (weevils)

i. Read about weevils http://www.mansonpublishing.com/sample/alford_fruit_sample.pdf

ii. Watch Giraffe Necked Weevil http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CN-WjdA6uUo

iii. Watch Palmetto Weevil http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTjFmXXRlGgand http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWltkUZgZPc

iv. Watch Milfoil Weevils introduced to lake http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ52BZZvywI

v. Watch Melaleuca Weevils in Everglades http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/show/weevils.html

vi. Draw picture of weevil with classification and place in classification book.

v. Family Dytiscidae (diving beetles)

i. Read Diving Beetles Underwater Insect Predators by Sandra Markle

ii. Watch Diving Beetle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2cccVl-Atc

iii. Watch Diving Beetle up close http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DFIMulq-aQ

iv. Watch flying diving beetle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktYfa8X9Foc

v. Watch diving beetle swimming http://vimeo.com/3759697

vi. Watch diving beetle larvae catching a tadpole http://www.arkive.org/great-diving-beetle/dytiscus-marginalis/video-08b.html

vii. Draw picture of diving beetle with classification and place in classification book.

w. Catch 5 different beetles and identify them.

4. Order Collembola (springtails) pg 4 http://cmg.colostate.edu/gardennotes/313.pdf

a. Read about springtails http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/insect/05602.html

b. Watch springtails http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpg_BYuu_h0

c. Watch springtails http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwOL-MHcQ1wand http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Sq2gjsysG0

d. Search for springtails in the yard.

e. Draw picture of springtails with classification and place in classification book.

5. Order Dermaptera (earwigs)

a. Read pg 4 http://cmg.colostate.edu/gardennotes/313.pdf

b. Watch earwigs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6arGTc7oh9k

c. Watch earwig protecting eggs http://www.arkive.org/common-european-earwig/forficula-auricularia/video-11.html

d. Watch earwig and Venus Fly Trap http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb3YGrv4EJ4

e. Watch how to get rid of earwigs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSwfdUkIY7o

f. Place wet newspaper outside overnight and observe the next day if any earwigs are underneath.

g. Draw a picture of earwigs with classification and place in classification book.

6. Order Diptera (flies, gnats, midges, mosquitoes) pg 5-6 http://cmg.colostate.edu/gardennotes/313.pdf

a. Read Flies by Norma Dixon

b. Read Flies by Shane McEvey

c. Family Bombyliidae (bee flies)

i. Read about Bee Flies http://www.cirrusimage.com/flies_bee.htm

ii. Watch bee flies http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVkPmrWxXsQ

iii. Watch bee flies in Japan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tykJZj4ovY

iv. Watch dwarf bee fly on leaf http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJQR2XanscY

v. Watch bee fly on clover http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Them-3Fi_c

vi. Draw a picture of a bee fly with classification and place in classification book.

d. Family Tipulidae (crane flies)

i. Read about crane flies http://www.the-piedpiper.co.uk/th6g.htm

ii. Watch crane fly up close http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgQmdp0YUBc

iii. Watch giant western crane fly http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnYXEAy-BM0

iv. Watch crane fly http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sV64A0mjnUY

v. Watch crane flies mating http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWsSp-sU48s

vi. Watch mating crane flies http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ws4076zPi_4&NR=1

vii. Watch crane flies http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWwGBJ53HRI&NR=1

viii. Try to find a crane fly at night by attacking it with light.

ix. Draw a picture of a crane fly with classification and place in classification book.

e. Family Cecidomyiidae (gall gnats/midges)

i. Read about gall midges http://bugguide.net/node/view/8383

ii. Watch gallmidge larvae http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzJLNR5C6oU

iii. Watch spruce gall midge http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQOrJ1JAee4

iv. Watch gall midge on monitor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-ATN5Ozs2g

v. Watch gall midge emergence http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6qFTZSyGfQ

vi. Draw a picture of gall midge with classification and place in classification book.

f. Family Asilidae (robber flies)

i. Read about robber flies http://www.windsofkansas.com/Basilidae/asilid.html

ii. Watch robber flies http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImbYJKviKYg

iii. Watch bee killer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qx-1HLyAc7Q

iv. Watch robber fly feeding on spider wasp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo2hTf1LvLo

v. Watch robber flies mating http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__D6lSdJ90g

vi. Watch robber fly eating a butterfly http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN7w3ypbQPM

vii. Watch robber fly flying around and coming back

viii. Draw picture of robber fly with classification and place in classification book.

g. Family Syrphidae (syrphid or flower flies)

i. Read about hoverflies http://www.gardensafari.net/english/hoverflies.htm

ii. Watch hoverfly http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bK9we_Weo8

iii. Watch hoverfly http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOfKWn22eTY

iv. Watch hoverfly grooming http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lAzYCfBRzs

v. Watch drone fly on dandylion http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkZ7pN6AJ1Q

vi. Watch hoverfly eating http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2-HXKKKccQ

vii. Watch drone fly on blossom http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eru9wA49D3Q

viii. Draw picture of hoverfly with classification and place in classification book.

h. Family Tachinidae (tachinid flies)

i. Read about Tachinid flies http://www.cirrusimage.com/Flies_Tachinid.htm

ii. Watch Tachinid flies http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5llTAwSVyeA

iii. Watch Tachinid fly grooming http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R28xdJF0fhg

iv. Watch Tachinid fly on flower http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LoeDwjOjEk

v. Watch Tachinid fly on grass blade http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sG9962_1a9M

vi. Draw picture of tachinid fly with classification and place in classification book.

i. Family Anthomyiids (cabbage, onion, and seed core maggots, beet leaf miner)

i. Read about Anthomyiidae family Anthomyiids http://www.tuin-thijs.com/vliegen-bloemvliegen-engels.htm

ii. Watch Anthomyiidae fly up close http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgO-KAqwNUQ

iii. Watch mating dance of Anthomyiidae flies http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS5X0Zrus-g

iv. Watch onion maggots http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPXp8oypbbM

v. Draw picture of Anthomyiidae fly with classification and place in classification book.

j. Family Certopogonidae (biting midges)

i. Read about biting midges http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/aquatic/biting_midges.htm

ii. Watch midges in Scotland http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNZrUMBBrYE

iii. Watch midges problems and solutions in Scotland http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MhOtMJQpMY

iv. Watch Scottish midge forecast forecast http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N09X8JGnivc

v. Draw picture of biting midges with classification and place in classification book.

k. Family Simuliidae (black flies)

i. Read about black flies http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/ccn/info/Science/SWCS/ZOOBENTH/BENTHOS/xvi.html

ii. Watch blackfly song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjLBXb1kgMo

iii. Watch blackflies in NW Territory http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPi9PD-pj-Q

iv. Watch blackflies in Quebec http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5AuCLomXU4

v. Watch blackfly moose attack http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAd_JIFzceo

vi. Draw picture of black fly with classification and place in classification book.

l. Family Calliphoridae (blow flies)

i. Read about blow flies http://www.abellpestcontrol.com/pests/blow-fly

ii. Watch blow fly on blossom http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz5iKtHnreo

iii. Watch blow fly laying eggs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrP5a3GELpc

iv. Watch blow flies inject eggs into a dead squirrel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AULYfKQJ-Zs

v. Watch blow fly maggots http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_arJNxbMzk

vi. Draw picture of blow fly with classification and place in classification book.

m. Family Tephritidae (fruit flies)

i. Read about fruit flies http://www.ca.uky.edu/entomology/entfacts/ef621.asp

ii. Watch fruit fly up close http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv4yBsuaDe0

iii. Watch fruit flies fighting http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJaDoTigvEI

iv. Watch fruit fly larvae http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2RVPCrjsxU

v. Watch fruit fly feeding to rankins dragons http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIaPkOoSUm4

vi. Make a fruit fly trap http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcBNp8ZUxWAand observe fruit flies and larvae.

vii. Draw picture of fruit fly with classification and place in classification book.

n. Family Tabanidae (horse and deer flies)

i. Read about horse flies http://www.cbwinfo.com/Biological/Vectors/Tabanidae.html

ii. Watch horse fly up close http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lywhd0qOM84

iii. Watch horsefly walking http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqWamQBMEJ8

iv. Watch horsefly biting and sucking blood http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIIj3HSVXb4

v. Draw picture of horse fly with classification and place in classification book.

o. Family Hippoboscidae (horse bot flies)

i. Read about Horse Bots http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs/ansci/horse/eb55-3.htm#horse

ii. Watch Hippoboscidae http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_QMfnWu9IE

iii. Watch how to remove bot eggs from horses http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCvM1891LEk

iv. Draw picture of hippoboscidae with classification and place in classification book.

p. Family Agromyzidae (leafminer flies)

i. Read about leaf miner flies http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agromyzidae

ii. Watch leaf miner flies from larvae to adult http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XByLGqugmmw

iii. Watch leaf miner damage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KO0hUIZzEE0

iv. Watch leaf miners and plants http://www.podcast.tv/video-episodes/floricast-leafminers-13684808.html

v. Draw picture of leaf miner flies with classification and place in classification book.

q. Family Culicicae (mosquitoes)

i. Read Mosquitoes: Tiny Insect Troublemakers by Sandra Markle

ii. Read The Life Cycle of a Mosquito by Bobbie Kalman

iii. Watch Mosquito Life Cycle http://videos.howstuffworks.com/discovery/28333-discover-magazine-mosquito-life-cycle-video.htm

iv. Watch mosquito bites http://videos.howstuffworks.com/animal-planet/28595-whats-to-love-mosquito-bite-video.htm

v. Watch mosquito control http://videos.howstuffworks.com/discovery/28298-dirty-job-mosquito-control-video.htm

vi. Watch mosquito mission http://www.metacafe.com/watch/6512010/mosquito_mission_cbn_com/

vii. Draw picture of mosquito with classification and place in classification book.

r. Family Muscidae – Muscids (house flies)

i. Read about house flies http://www.uri.edu/ce/factsheets/sheets/houseflies.html

ii. Watch house fly up close http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnmhYD5UadE

iii. Watch house fly to adult timelapse http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3_658mAMsw

iv. Watch housefly emerging from pupae http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gDQDCh5gCY

v. Watch birth of housefly http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3njusp5y_I

vi. Watch housefly eating sugar http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1bi-8uRCaU

vii. Watch Muscidae defecate on a leaf http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeO74sNaI2U

viii. Draw picture of house fly with classification and place in classification book.

s. Family Psychodidae (sand flies, no-see-ums)

i. Read about Psychodidae moth flies http://www.ca.uky.edu/entomology/entfacts/ef615.asp

ii. Read about Psychodidae sand flies http://www.phsource.us/PH/ME/Insecta/Diptera/Psychodidae/index.htm

iii. Watch moth flies http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv23Bosb1TA

iv. Watch sand flies outside of tent http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcqtZYmetTg

v. Watch sand flies on seaweed http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00W51CjdAcQ

vi. Draw picture of sand flies with classification and place in classification book.

t. Family Drosophilidae (vinegar flies)

i. Read about vinegar flies http://ento.psu.edu/extension/factsheets/vinegar-flies

ii. Watch Drosophilidae fly http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCDHKXscdMk

iii. Watch vinegar fly http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHcRQbXYd70

iv. Watch flying drosophila http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8o1_rWKHds

v. Watch Drosophila flies on banana http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEp5_h0rv68

vi. Watch Drosophila embryo development http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb6TJzTLg_E

vii. Draw picture of vinegar fly with classification and place in classification book.

u. Collect any dead flies around the house/yard and identify them.

Order Ephemeroptera (mayflies)
1. Read pg 6 http://cmg.colostate.edu/gardennotes/313.pdf
2. Watch The Giant Mayfly http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7dB51cfxek
3. Watch Mayfly life cycle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBHBfck67D8
4. Watch Mayfly swarming http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxMx3QFK7X8
5. Draw picture of mayfly with classification and place in classification book.

Order Hemiptera (plant bugs, squash bugs, stink bugs) pg7-8
1. Family Phymatidae (ambush bugs)

i. Read about Ambush Bugs http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/Galveston/beneficials/beneficial-10_jagged_ambush_bug_%28Phymata_sp.%29.htm

ii. Watch Day in the life of an ambush bug http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezDOrId-Tq4

iii. Watch Ambush bug http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfGMzQ8S4SM

iv. Draw picture of ambush bug with classification and place in classification book.

Family Reduvlidae (assassin bugs)

i. Read about Assassin bugs http://insects.about.com/od/truebugs/p/assassinbugs.htm

ii. Watch Assassin bug and bat http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmV6TjVNZGM

iii. Watch Assassin bug http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0NYdQ3gEwo

iv. Watch Assassin bug http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPzWoUfnCIw

v. Watch Assassin bug on wall http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Jgfs_70i24

vi. Watch Assassin bug and ant http://www.arkive.org/feather-legged-assassin-bug/ptilocnemus-lemur/video-00.html

vii. Draw picture of assassin bug with classification and place in classification book.

Family Coreidae (coreids, squash bugs)

i. Read about Coreidaes http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_bugs/Coreidae.htm

ii. Watch Coreidae bugs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igNaX8B5BZo

iii. Watch squash bugs control http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFMDcGDQOTY

iv. Watch young squash bugs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWC5LlI-skw

v. Watch praying mantis eat squash bug http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2J94e8LBvXQ

vi. Draw picture of squash bug with classification and place in classification book.

Family Nabidae (damsel bugs)

i. Read about damsel bugs http://www.austinbug.com/nabidae.html

ii. Watch damsel bug on leaf http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK6DzHyYNgE

iii. Watch damsel bug on finger http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9dfxB4BsDk

iv. Draw picture of damsel bug with classification and place in classification book.

Family Antocoridae (flower or minute pirate bugs)

i. Read about pirate bugs http://www.entomology.umn.edu/cues/Web/264Insecta.Hemiptera.Anthocoridae.pdf

ii. Watch Antocoridae bug http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Woemz__yTQU

iii. Watch miniature pirate bugs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orvvxkbz8rE

iv. Draw picture of pirate bugs with classification and place in classification book.

Family Miridae (leaf or plant bugs)

i. Read about Miridae bugs http://www.cirrusimage.com/bugs_plant.htm

ii. Watch Plant Bug on leaf http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9FwZ0l0bmw

iii. Watch red plant bug http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQPus1pLwEE

iv. Watch black Miridae on plant stem http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Kpcn7oVXg0

v. Watch four-lined plant bug http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaLlCiBa2wA&NR=1

vi. Draw picture of plant bug with classification and place in classification book.

Family Pentatomidae (stink bugs)

i. Read about stink bugs http://www.cirrusimage.com/bugs_stink.htm

ii. Watch stink bugs epidemic http://news.discovery.com/videos/animals-stink-bugs-invade-homes-damage-crops.html

iii. Watch stink bugs in home http://abcnews.go.com/Business/ConsumerNews/stink-bugs-invade-homes-insect-pest-present-33/story?id=13379499

iv. Watch stink bug up close http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaIp5i8xovY

v. Draw picture of stink bug with classification and place in classification book.

Family Lygaeidae (chinch and lygus bugs)

i. Read about Lygaeidae bugs http://insects.oeb.harvard.edu/Caribbean/Field%20guides/FieldGuidesDone/Hemiptera/pdfs/Lygaeidae.pdf

ii. Watch large milkweed bug http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clhKgQ3cfzc

iii. Watch chinch bugs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRtKrWd5Vbk

iv. Watch chinch bug strategies http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YluseWV7EQ

v. Draw picture of chinch bugs with classification and place in classification book.

Family Tingidae (lace bugs)

i. Read about lace bugs http://www.austinbug.com/tingidae.html

ii. Watch lace bug up close http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9U9f9_HyM4

iii. Watch lace bugs infestation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwe3Ed0q99A

iv. Draw picture of lace bugs with classification and place in classification book.

Order Homoptera (aphids, cicadas, leafhoppers, mealybugs, scale, whiteflies) read pg 8-9
1. Family Phylloxeridae (adelgids)

i. Read about Cooly Spruce Gall Adelids http://www4.agr.gc.ca/AAFC-AAC/display-afficher.do?id=1198183048120&lang=eng5 min

ii. Watch Cooly Gall Adelgid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzcozNx_ltM4 min

iii. Watch life stages Hemlock Woolly Agelgid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e59aNp5lCSA5 min

iv. Draw picture of agelids with classification and place in classification book.

Family Aphididae (aphids)

i. Read about aphids http://insects.about.com/od/insectpests/ig/12-Worst-Veggie-Garden-Pests/Aphids.htm5 min

ii. Watch aphid cloning http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7eRGHVx3p05 min

iii. Watch crazy ant farmers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43id_NRajDo1 min

iv. Watch parasitic wasps and aphids http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLtUk-W5Gpk2 min

v. Watch ladybug eating aphid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3p4tCDJLuA1 min

vi. Draw picture of aphid with classification and place in classification book.

Family Diaspididae (armoured scales)

i. Read about armoured scale insects http://www.biodiversityexplorer.org/bugs/diaspididae/index.htm

ii. Watch scale insect http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AMc_7cpNXE

iii. Draw picture of armoured scale insect with classification and place in classification book.

Family Cicadidae (cicadas)

i. Read about cicadas http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/bugs/cicada/5 min

ii. Watch cicadas life cycle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjLiWy2nT7U5 min

iii. Watch cicada invasion http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXlIeUmqrpk2 min

iv. Watch cicada emergence http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh3Gk1vweDI4 min

v. Draw picture of cicada with classification and place in classification book

Family Cicadellidae (leafhoppers)

i. Read about leafhoppers http://animals.howstuffworks.com/insects/leaf-insect-info.htm4 min

ii. Watch a leaf hopper nymph http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un5CsBvUhGQ3 min

iii. Watch red banded leaf hopper walking http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ro624bEZP02 min

iv. Watch leaf hopper squirting http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9sBr1ORrgw1 min

v. Watch red-banded leafhoppers eating http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EvJ5GyO34I1 min

vi. Watch sharp shooter on catnip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMiDRDdNXbY1 min

vii. Draw picture of leafhopper with classification and place in classification book.

Family Pseudococcidae (mealybugs)

i. Read about mealybugs http://www.firstrays.com/mealybugs.htm5 min

ii. Watch grape mealybug http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdgbKh46kPI1 min

iii. Watch mealybugs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQo6KmbGJrc2 min

iv. Draw picture of mealybugs with classification and place in classification book.

Family Fulgoroidea (planthoppers superfamily)

i. Read about planthoppers http://www.entomology.umn.edu/cues/Web/187Planthopper.pdf7 min

ii. Watch citrus flatid planthopper http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjIxhhobRB81 min

iii. Watch planthopper damage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq44Lgq1_Lw3 min

iv. Watch planthopper Philippines http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSuNU5laK7w1 min

v. Draw picture of planthopper with classification and place in classification book.

Family Psyllidae (Psyllids – many gall insects)

i. Read about Psyllids http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_softbugs/LerpsInsects.htm5 min

ii. Watch Psyllids on sugarberry leaf http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2OUFwzGDg05 min

iii. Watch Dancing Asian Citrus Psyllids http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMu8n1_8Ozg4 min

iv. Watch Asian Citrus Psyllid damage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pr54etvIPP03 min

Family Coccidae (soft scale)

i. Read about coccidae http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_softbugs/ScaleInsect.htm5 min

ii. Watch soft scaled coccidae on ash http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGfYZIQmHIk1 min

iii. Watch soft scale on basswood http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl8tCQ8FXM41 min

iv. Watch soft scale insect removed http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59MJDxnUrdA1 min

v. Watch cottony scale insect http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UMBX83zjzA1 min

Family Cercopidae (spittlebugs)

i. Read about spittlebugs http://crawford.tardigrade.net/bugs/BugofMonth21.html6 min

ii. Watch spittlebugs making spittle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24Gh5dXtpBE1 min

iii. Watch spittlebugs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXFU22e-fBM4 min

Family Membracidae (treehoppers)

i. Read about tree hoppers http://140.247.119.138/Caribbean/Field%20guides/FieldGuidesDone/Hemiptera/pdfs/Membracidae.pdf5 min

ii. Watch tree hoppers of Cosa Rica http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkUkPf1Bwsc2 min

iii. Watch Acacia horned treehopper http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhQzNjkDwlA1 min

iv. Watch tree hoppers adults and nymphs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4sUhRRVSwc1 min

v. Watch treehopper taking flight http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4sHQ4w30oY1 min

vi. Watch ants tending treehopper nymphs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGqwmkMOZdQ1 min

Family Aleyrodidae (whiteflies)

i. Read about whiteflies http://urbanext.illinois.edu/hortanswers/detailproblem.cfm?PathogenID=1625 min

ii. Watch close up of whiteflies http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skdn8S81VKA1 min

iii. Watch white flies and sooty mold http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=303XKcnefEY5 min

iv. Watch whitefly trap http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZjiBsgsVdA1 min

v. Controling white flies http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIf7CHDY8Us3 min

Order Hymenoptera (ants, bees, horntails, sawflies, wasps) read pg 9-11 http://cmg.colostate.edu/gardennotes/313.pdf
1. Suborder Symphyta (sawflies horntails – have junction between thorax and abdomen)

i. Family Diprionidae (conifer sawflies)

1. Information about conifer sawflies http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in592

2. Watch info about conifer sawflies http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEWrgQrw_KQ

3. Watch pine sawfly larve http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eOwLVTDSSc

4. Watch pine sawfly larve up close http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMhRd7RjXSQ

ii. Family Tenthredinidae (common sawflies)

1. Read about sawflies http://www.tuin-thijs.com/wasps-sawflies-symphyta.htm

2. Watch sawfly larve http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_IucW014L4

3. Watch sawfly larve on leaf http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joxNQrfIPOI

4. Watch sawfly drinking dew http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hT4Al63Irg

5. Watch sawfly eating http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrQhCZZzRe4

iii. Family Cephidae (stem sawflies)

1. Read about wheat stem sawflies http://entomology.montana.edu/sawfly/

2. Watch about wheat stem sawfly infestation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFpiKCGzlWY

iv. Family Siricidae (horntails – larvae are wood borers)

1. Read about horntails http://www.colostate.edu/Dept/bspm/extension%20and%20outreach/Sirex%20Horntails.pdf

2. Watch wood wasp emerging http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZUKVb_KqTA

3. Watch giant wood wasp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJArsRpNHyA

Suborder Apocrita (ants, bees, wasps – have narrow junction between thorax and abdomen)

1. Family Ichneumonidae (parasitic wasps of other holometabolous insects)

2. Read about Ichneumonidae http://bugguide.net/node/view/150

3. Watch Giant Wasp removing ovipositor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVebxrfHfZQ

4. Watch Ichneumon Wasp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLvuevf__Ok

5. Watch Ichneumon Wasp Grooming http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz-sRDzGLT4

ii. Family Braconidae (parasitic wasps of lepidopterous larvae)

1. Read about Braconidae wasps http://www.entomology.umn.edu/cues/Web/270Insecta.Hymenoptera.Braconidae.pdf

2. Watch Horned Worm vs. Braconid wasp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qktm1bvF6NI

3. Watch Braconid wasps emerge from cocoon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dzWBEAhAY84 min

iii. Family Encyrtidae (parasitic wasps of aphids)

1. Read about Encyrtidae wasps http://www.entomology.umn.edu/cues/Web/273Insecta.Hymenoptera.Encyrtidae.pdf

2. Watch tiny Encrytid wasp emerge http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2MWYfWFhvI2 min

3. Watch another Encrytid wasp emerge http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rpHjgyXSmk1 min

iv. Family Eulophidae (parasitic wasps of beetles, moths)

1. Read about Erythnia Gall wasps http://hawaii.gov/hdoa/pi/ppc/npa-1/npa05-03-EGW.pdf

2. Watch Erythinia wasp dragging spider http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYSGntzYXaw

3. Watch video of Eulophidae wasp http://cels.uri.edu/pls/biocontrol/videos/final_4_big.html

v. Family Trichogrammatidae (egg parasites)

1. Read about Trichogrammatidae wasps http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichogrammatidae

2. Watch Trichogramma wasps – beneficial insects http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtCWKPQFJFI

3. Watch Trichogramma wasps depositing eggs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUAsUPtgBqg

vi. Family Cynipidae (gall wasps)

1. Read about gall wasps http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gall_wasp

2. Watch Western Speckled Oak Gall http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ5Cwk5CJ-Y

3. Watch Jumping Oak Gall on oak leaf http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=WTBeTkwpNrk1 min

4. Watch gall wasps http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oE7sGyCBWr85 min

vii. Family Sphecidae (digger wasps – prey on caterpillars and spiders)

1. Read about Sphecidae wasps http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphecidae

2. Watch Digger Wasp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bepPn5UMi24

3. Watch Great Golden Digger Wasp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMC1VzZvd0s2 min

4. Watch Mud Dauber Making Nest http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWr66LEqav04 min

5. Watch Mud Dauber and Wolf Spider http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2B8CBs33rE1 min

viii. Family Pompiliidae (spider wasps – prey on spiders)

1. Read about Spider Wasps http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider_wasp

2. Watch wasp vs. tarantula http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oi56-pZSrWo

3. Watch wasp vs wolf spider http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctAXcBxHdCg2 min

ix. Family Tiphiidae (tiphiid wasps – prey on beetle larvae)

1. Read about Tiphiidae wasps http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiphiidae

2. Watch Tiphiidae wasps http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX_eVZkVLQU1 min

x. Family Scoliidae (scoliid wasps – prey on beetle larvae)

1. Read about Scoliidae wasps http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scoliidae

2. Watch Scoliidae wasp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiP2sTDlFpI

3. Watch Scoliid Wasp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2srjcvD8qWc

xi. Family Vespidae (potter wasps – prey on caterpillars, yellow jackets, hornets, paper wasps)

1. Read Hornets:Incredible Insect Architects by Sandra Markle

2. Watch Yellow Jackets http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhEiz-2cS8k5 min

3. Watch Paper Wasps http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHfk1EhECaw5 min

4. Watch Japanese Hornets kill honey bees http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L54exo8JTUs

xii. Family Formicidae (ants)

1. Read Life Cycle of an Ant by Bobbie Kalman

2. Watch http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/ants-natures-secret-power/– 54 min

3. Read Ants by Elaine Pascoe

4. Ant anatomy worksheet http://askabiologist.asu.edu/sites/default/files/resources/coloring_pages/pdf/AAB_ant_antatomy_activity.pdf

5. Investigate what ants like to eat pg 37 from Ants by Elaine Pascoe

6. Investigate what ants like to drink pg 39 from Ants by Elaine Pascoe

xiii. Family Halictidae (sweat bees – solitary bees)

1. Read about sweat bees http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweat_bee

2. Watch Sweat Bee http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXHksIkAqLA1 min

xiv. Family Megachilidae (leafcutting bees – solitary bees)

1. Read Megachilidae bees http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megachilidae

2. Watch leafcutter bee make brood cell http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjsZ419lmMY

3. Watch inside the Mason Bee nest http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJGRMebHWX4

4. Make a Mason Bee Habitat with Bamboo and Duct Tape http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBVBvThVzXw

xv. Family Anthophoridae (carpenter bees – solitary bees)

1. Read about carpenter bees http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/ent/notes/Urban/carpenterbees.htm

2. Watch Carpenter bees overview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYcn7k7-5Dw

3. Watch Carpenter bee up close http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccfEUHjeoZk

4. Watch carpenter bee on flowers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA7rMGv3HI0

xvi. Family Apidae (bumble bees, honey bees – social bees)

1. Read How Bees Make Honey by Michael Chinery

2. Watch Beetalker: The Secret World of Bees 43 minutes

3. Honeybee biology worksheet #1 http://www.honey.com/images/downloads/HoneyFilesWeb.pdf

4. Activity #10 Observation sheet http://www.honey.com/images/downloads/HoneyFilesWeb.pdf

xvii. Read Outside and Inside Killer Bees by Sandra Markle

xviii. Silence of the Bees DVD – 1 hour

Order Isoptera (Termites) pg 11-12 http://cmg.colostate.edu/gardennotes/313.pdf
1. Read Termites: Hardworking Insect Families by Sandra Markle
2. Watch Her Majesty, Termite Queen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta2rF6Syi0U
3. Watch War Ants vs. Termites http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6n8NKvs4d0g
4. Life in the Undergrowth DVD – Supersocieties (bees, ants, termites)

Order Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) pg 12-14
1. Research plants appropriate to plant in backyard to attract Monarch butterflies. Purchase and plant.
2. Family Psychidae (bagworm moths)

i. Read about bagworm moths http://www.royalalbertamuseum.ca/natural/insects/bugsfaq/bagworm.htm

ii. Watch bagworm moths http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xagxm6_bagworms-are-clear-winged-moths_school

iii. Watch the voyage of the bagworm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpkC0Qmltw4

iv. Watch bagworm control http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05A2quj9nO4

Family Cossidae (carpenterworm moths)

i. Read about carpenterworm moths http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn74105.html

ii. Watch carpenterworm moth http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAjUSo3aUzo

iii. Watch carpenterworm moth on a wall http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_c1iKIRAhY

iv. Watch carpenterworm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2lsh1dWqU0

Family Sesiidae (clearwing moths – squash vine borer, lilac borer)

i. Read about clearwing moths http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sesiidae

ii. Watch clearwing moth on plant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIF_VaUKDmI

iii. Watch clearwing moth on plant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhZVHWowhog

Family Saturniidae (giant silkworm moths)

i. Read about Giant Silkworm Moth http://www.nhptv.org/wild/saturniidae.asp

ii. Watch Giant Silkworm Moth caterpillar http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWTgVa-hflI

iii. Watch Giant Silkworm Moth life cycle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIhlj3ZMxqg

iv. Watch Giant Silkworm Moth caterpillar http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYxBcO786N8

Family Tortricidae (leafrollers)

i. Read about leafrollers http://www.umanitoba.ca/afs/hort_inquiries/deciduous_ornamentals/leaf_roller.html

ii. Watch leafroller caterpillar http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_74dkxFlmU

iii. Watch leafroller caterpillar up close http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Q4meyfFFvo

iv. Watch leafroller moth on leaf http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-txmIM6CeM

Family Geometridae (measuring worms)

i. Read Geometer Moths http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometer_moth

ii. Watch Measuring worm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WpHu4syzC8

iii. Watch inchworm on tree http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVXj7x3ayEg

iv. Watch fall cankerworm moth http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh9kXXpYqqQ

Family Nymphalidae (monarch, viceroy, red admiral, morningcloak, and angelwings butterflies)

i. Read Face to Face with Caterpillars by Darlyne Murawski

ii. Read Face to Face with Butterflies by Darlyne Murawski

iii. Watch In the Company of Wild Butterflies http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/In_the_Company_of_Wild_Butterflies/70149655?trkid=188970343 min

iv. Watch how to catch a butterfly http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrGYmxB2qGcand catch 5 butterflies, identify, and release. http://rhoadesbutterflygarden.org/observationform09.pdf

v. Watch the Incredible Journey of the Butterflies 53 min http://video.pbs.org/video/1063682334/

Family Noctuidae (Noctuids – cutworms, armyworms, fruitworms, corn earworm, cabbage loopers)

i. Read about Noctuidae http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noctuidae

ii. Watch celery looper moth http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12OFsYtAl_E1 min

iii. Watch Astroid Moth caterpillar feeding http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWdo0mSE4y81 min

iv. Watch Noctuidae moth eating http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L9gMWdaHgU1 min

v. Watch Henry’s Marsh Moth Caterpillar http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgiTKpv06ZQ1 min

Family Notodontidae (prominents – redhumped caterpillars)

i. Read about Notodontidae http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notodontidae

ii. Watch Unicorn Caterpillar Moth http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJfbLaY9SAM

iii. Watch Lesser Swallow Prominent http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WZtF9BUTDI

iv. Watch Georgian Prominent Moth http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHMtWVRUuPM

Family Bombycidae (silkworm moths)

i. Read about Bombycidae http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombycidae

ii. Watch silkworm metamorphosis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILAV8aUCvjk

iii. Watch silkworm cocooning time lapse http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6Q6vCBFJL4

Family Sphingidae (sphinx or hawk moth, hornworms)

i. Read about Sphingidae moths http://insects.about.com/od/butterfliesmoths/p/sphingidae.htm

ii. Watch caterpillar of the elephant hawk moth http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgZJ-zcKz70

iii. Watch elephant hawkmoth www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii-16D_ITJk

iv. Watch bee hawkmoth http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGqsr0dMz7g

Family Papilionidae (swallowtail or parsleyworm)

i. Read about Papilionidae http://www.biokids.umich.edu/critters/Papilionidae/

ii. Watch swallowtail butterfly caterpillar http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQYIldycFPw

iii. Watch swallowtail butterfly laying eggs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jrDbCijjYs

iv. Read about parsley worms http://www.urbanwildlifeguide.net/2010/09/dont-touch-parsley-worms.html

v. Watch the parsley worm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jrDbCijjYs

Family Lasiocampidae (tent caterpillars)

i. Read about Lasiocampidae http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lasiocampidae

ii. Watch tent caterpillar time lapse http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qO6eCygcTE

iii. Watch tent caterpillars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4QD31g1b3A

iv. Watch eastern tent caterpillar moth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uDX1ujV5rw

Family Lymantriidae (tussock moths)

i. Read about Tussock moths http://insects.about.com/od/photography/ig/Tussock-Moth-Caterpillars/

ii. Watch Tussock moth caterpillars http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68aCbLgBhRw

iii. Watch Tussock moth treatment http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RoCAuzSTZQ

Family Pieridae (white or yellow butterflies – imported cabbageworm)

i. Read about the family Pieridae http://insects.about.com/od/butterfliesmoths/p/Whites-Oranges-Sulphurs-And-Yellows-Family-Pieridae.htm

ii. Watch white butterfly courtship and rejection http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7LaVFmfpDA

iii. Watch spider eating green veined white butterfly http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7LaVFmfpDA

iv. Watch cloudless sulfer pupate http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgEu4bdf-dY

v. Watch cloudless sulfer butterfly http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIJrtPviY10

vi. Watch cabbageworm butterfly life cycle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL_3Hmaf3-I

Family Tineidae (tineids – clothes moths)

i. Read about the family Tineidae http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/taxonomy/Tineidae

ii. Watch bagworms http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVzs-TNkr5s

iii. Look at pictures of Tineidae moths http://eol.org/pages/909/media

iv. Watch clothes moths and carpet beetles http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UVu4S-Wvt8

v. How to remove cloth moths from carpet http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AbvB6q32hk

7. Order Mallophaga (chewing or biting lice) (suborder of Phthiraptera) pg 14

a. Read about order Mallophaga http://cmg.colostate.edu/gardennotes/313.pdf

b. Watch snowy owl feather lice http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73mJ7hGGlzw

c. Watch lice infestation in chickens http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJm6fnjuXMs

8. Order Mantodea (mantids) pg 15 http://cmg.colostate.edu/gardennotes/313.pdf

a. Read Praying Mantises by Sandra Markle

b. Watch Praying Mantis – Nature’s Perfect Predators http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hGuallLPcM

c. Watch Alien Insect Praying Mantis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXwitZMDHOA

9. Order Neuroptera (antlion, lacewing, snakeflies, dobsonflies)

a. Read pg 15 http://cmg.colostate.edu/gardennotes/313.pdf

b. Watch Ant Lion Death Trap http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWkfAyfBDHE

c. Watch Life of the Ant Lion Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEbL5lRTzcoand Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fhBCO5myDMPart 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD-74z8siw4and part 4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofIW–ORoNM

d. Watch Lacewings http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zECnVZyYDI

e. Watch Beneficial Insects Lacewing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gK_oV9Xod-A

f. Watch Snakefly http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QdkBIb0vSg

g. Watch Dobsonfly http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ri10d9VLF0

h. Watch Dobsonfly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9oCeucGW1k

10. Order Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies)

a. pg 16 http://cmg.colostate.edu/gardennotes/313.pdf

b. Read Dragonflies by Shane McEvey

c. Watch Dragonfly Life in the Undergrowth http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFQBsSF8ktw

d. Watch Science Nation Dragonflies http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uFeo_fh3uA

e. Watch Dragonflies Up Close http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3ArZjVubwQ

f. Watch The Blue Damselfly Life in the Undergrowth http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uh_l65yEqjU

g. Watch Real Aliens Damselfly in Macro http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSFBhXhqBCU

11. Order Orthoptera (crickets, grasshoppers, katydids)

a. Read pg 16-17 http://cmg.colostate.edu/gardennotes/313.pdf

b. Family Gryliidae (crickets)

i. Read Crickets and Grasshoppers by Elaine Pascoe (project)

ii. Watch How to Catch Crickets with Frog Man http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_isg_RP8uk

iii. Watch feeding crickets to a bearded dragon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLA55If1Ayk

iv. Watch breeding crickets http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnMojJOLEu4

v. Get crickets from the pet store and breed them for a complete life cycle.

c. Family Acrididae (short horned grasshoppers)

i. Read Locusts: Insects on the Move by Sandra Markle

ii. Watch Plague of Locusts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YNy2R3hg2Q

iii. Watch How Locusts Perceive the Ability to Swarm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uURqcI08IC4

iv. Watch Locusts Swarm Rural Area http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KxP1DAqa3A

d. Read The Life of a Grasshopper by Clare Hibbert

e. Family Tettigoniidae (long horned grasshoppers, katydids, meadow grasshoppers, mormon crickets)

i. Watch Katydids Nature Walk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhP2tOV8vhc

ii. Watch Giant Katydid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORduv21hK8w

iii. Watch Katydid Monster Bug Wars http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D83Qc5V4W4

12. Order Phasmida (walking stick)

a. Read pg 17 http://cmg.colostate.edu/gardennotes/313.pdf

b. Read Stick Insects: Masters of Defense by Sandra Markle

c. Watch Stick Insect Natural History http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoseL5KvHTE

d. Watch Stick Insect Life in the Undergrowth http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs1Xs3Eheag

e. Watch Giant Walking Stick Insect http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6UmLxv-AMs

13. Order Plecoptera (stoneflies)

a. Read pg 17 http://cmg.colostate.edu/gardennotes/313.pdf

b. Watch Bugs of the Underworld https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4Al8cwkb4I

14. Order Psocoptera (psocids or booklice)

a. Read pg 18 http://cmg.colostate.edu/gardennotes/313.pdf

b. Watch Psocids Pantry Pest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwR2uj1FhiI

Watch Bark Lice on Maple Tree https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UDVcHi_G0s

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