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Insect Life Cycles
By: Mrs. Riddall
2nd grade
Ladybugs
Four life cycle stages:
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Egg
Larvae
Pupa
Adult
Habitat: grass, plants
Diet: aphids, plants, mealy bugs,
mites
** Complete Metamorphosis**
Butterflies
Four life cycle stages:
• Egg
• Larvae
• Pupa
• Adult
Habitat: all over the world
Diet: leaves (as a larvae),
adults eat nectar
**Complete Metamorphosis**
Praying Mantis
Three life cycle stages:
• Egg
• Nymph
• Adult
Habitat: Gardens, plants, grass
Diet: flies, aphids, moths,
butterflies, other insects
**Incomplete Metamorphosis**
Complete/Incomplete
Metamorphosis
Complete Metamorphosis
• Four life cycle stages
• Starts as an egg
• Larvae hatches from egg
• Larvae changes to pupa
• Adult has wings
Incomplete Metamorphosis
• Three life cycle stages
• Starts as an egg
• Nymph hatches from egg
• Nymph turns to adult
• Adult has wings
Fun Facts
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Butterflies can only fly if their temperature is above 86 degrees.
Butterflies can fly between 5-30 miles per hour!
The number of spots on a ladybug can tell you what kind it is!
Ladybugs play dead if they are in danger.
Praying mantids only eat live insects.
Mantids can move their heads in almost a full circle!
Comprehension Questions
• 1. What are the differences between complete and
incomplete metamorphosis?
• 2. What are the four life cycle changes in complete
metamorphosis?
• 3. What are the three life cycle changes in incomplete
metamorphosis?
• 4. How are complete and incomplete metamorphosis similar?
Works Cited
• www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects.insects/mantids/Prayi
ngmantidprintout.shtml
• ZoomSchool.com
• www.enchantedlearning.com
• http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/insects/ladybu
g/Ladybug.shtml