Insects

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Insects

• What Do We Know?

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An Insect Has 3 Main Body Parts

• Head
• Thorax
• Abdomen

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Here is a diagram of a grasshopper. In addition
to the head, thorax, and abdomen, you can see
two other common insect body parts wings and
antennae. Many insects have wings.
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Metamorphosis

• All insects change in form as they grow. This
  process is called metamorphosis.
• There are two kinds of metamorphosis incomplete
  and complete.
• Incomplete--no prolonged immobile (pupal) state.
• Complete--four distinct stages-egg, larva, pupa,
  and adult.

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Life Cycle of a Butterfly

• Butterflies go through four stages of life.
  However, they only look like butterflies in the
  final stage.

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The Life Cycle of the Monarch Butterfly
The caterpillar
The adult lays eggs on a leaf.
The chrysalis
The adult butterfly
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Life Cycle of a Mexican Bean Beetle