INSECTS

COCKROACH’S

• They love the heat. 85f to 90f
• They spend most of their time in the cracks in the ground.
• They can detect and avoided many insects.

BUTTERFLY’S

• Butterfly’s are really great for gardens.
• Their bodies collect pollen and carry it to the other plants.
• They are a food source for spiders, birds lizards mice and other animals.

ANT

Another vital key to the success of invasive ants are their ability to capture and redirect sources of energy to themselves. One very important method these species utilize is through the formation of mutualistic relationships with scales, mealybugs, and other plant pests.

SPIDER

• they have capabilities we'd have no problem hailing as signs of intelligence if exhibited by animals with much larger brains, like dogs or human toddlers.
• Spiders help control pests Spiders feed on insects, which helps to regulate the population of harmful bugs. Their presence is highly beneficial to farms and gardens. As a result, many people appreciate having spiders on their property.
• that they are equipped with highly developed sensory systems providing individuals with detailed information about potential predators and prey in their surroundings.
• controlling other undesirable insects, but they also help to control the insect population in general.
• All spiders produce silk.

THE MADAGASCAR HISSING COCKROACH

• Its large size, docile nature, and ease of care in captivity.
• they help break down decaying plant and animal matter.
• The Madagascar hissing cockroach is all hiss and no sting.
• do not bite or fly.
• They are purely vegetarian, unlike the others, who will even eat each other. Hissing roaches are fairly large, measuring 2 to 3 inches, and they don't have wings like their smaller cousins.

LADY BUGS

• Most people like ladybugs because they are pretty, graceful, and harmless to humans. But farmers love them because they eat aphids and other plant-eating pests. One ladybug can eat up to 5,000 insects in its lifetime!
• predators with an insatiable appetite for aphids.
• Ladybugs are also known as lady beetles or ladybird beetles. They are considered beneficial as they eat other plant-eating insects. Ladybugs are colorful so they can warn predators not to eat them!
• Not all ladybugs look the same!
• They are beetles, not bugs! Winter doesn't bother them – they live through it!

ADAPTIONS

• They have a hard outer shell known as the elytra that helps to protect them from predators( ladybugs)
• Both males and females can produce a startling hissing noise by blowing air through holes on the sides of their bodies called spiracles. They make this sound when disturbed or during aggressive encounters with other cockroaches.( Madagascar hissing cockroaches)
• make silk webs, sense their prey and danger with hairs on their body, jump amazing distances, and even have camouflage to make them look like bird poo!(spiders)
• The elbowed antennae or feelers are sensory organs in ants that help them not just to detect vibrations, air currents, and chemicals but also to communicate through touch.(ants)
• patterns for camouflage and to find and select a mate, basking to soak up the sun's heat for flight, the long proboscis to collect nectar, the slender feet-organs of taste-to find food and identify. (butterfly’s)
• The cockroach has several adaptations for life on land, such as cursorial mobility, uric acid excretion, and the presence of a chitinous exoskeleton. (Cockroach’s)

BY ROSE MUMMA