Investigating God's World Test 1 Chapter 1

nectar

a sweet liquid that flowers make in order to attract insects

grubs

beetle larvae are often called ____________.

spider

eight legs and two body parts

queens

female bees that mate and lay eggs

the bumble bee queen

finds a solitary hole in the ground and hibernates

American hover fly

looks very much like a yellow jacket and the drone fly

ragweed

often confused with the plant goldenrod; causes some people to have hay fever

viceroy butterflies and monarch butterflies

represent mimicry

insect

six legs and three body parts

hibernates

sleep through the winter

praying mantis

strange-looking insect that is long and narrow and can easily be mistaken for a twig

mimicry

the close resemblance of one plant or animal to another for some purpose

piercing sucking mouthparts

true bugs cannot chew its food. It is designed with ______________

beetles

1/4 or one quarter of all the animals in the world are________

two pairs of wings

Bee

one pair of wings

Fly

black-eyed Susan

Maryland's state flower that looks like a daisy with yellow ray flowers and with disk flowers that form a brown cone in the center

nymphs

The young mantises are called ___________ rather than larvae, since they look like the adults (baby bugs that look like adults)

drones

male bees

Migrate

means to move from one place to another with the changing seasons