My Insect Presentation
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To start, one of the many reasons insects are so successful is because of their vast numbers. There are 1.4 billion insects for every human so they are almost everywhere. They are likely to never die out because of how many of them there are. Their vast numbers also helps insects almost always find a reliable food source.
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Another reason insects are so successful is because of their mouth adaptions. Butterflies and other insects like mosquitos have a proboscis which helps them revive more food (nectar) while they pollinate. If every insect had the same mouth part like a butterfly or mosquito’s proboscis then there would be to much competition for nectar.
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One of the reasons insects are very successful is because of their very efficient teamwork skills. Because they work together so well with each other they are able to make places for themselves to live. Because they work as a team no one gets left behind. They are able to cary food for their next meal together if it is too big for them because they are all able to work as a team and carry items together, ensuring that they will not go hungry. For example, Asian Weaver Ants can carry up to 5000 times their weight.
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An additional adaption insects have that make them successful is their reproduction. They have adapted to reproduce in vast amounts and reproduce fairly quickly. This can ensure they always have a thriving population with large numbers spread out in all places. Because of insects reproduction and large numbers they are safe from dying out.
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Following that, Some things I learned about the Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches during the investigation is about their body parts differing from male to female. I learned to tell if a Madagascar hissing cockroach was a male by feeling for two bumps on its head whereas a females head has no bumps or very slight ones. The males also are generally lighter in color and have a very tiny amount of red fuzz on their antenna. On the other hand, females are generally darker than males in color, have no red fuzz on their antenna, and are typically larger then the male Madagascar hissing cockroaches.
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Finally, Some other things I found interesting, surprising, and unusual about insects is about the development of mealworms to dark wing beetles. I find it interesting that some meal worms in the larva stage can take weeks to become a pupa and then even longer to become a beetle while other meal worms may take only a few days to go from a larva to a pupa to a Dark Wing beetle. I also find it unusual that when in the pupa stage if they are pressed lightly on their back quarters they will spin their bodies around even though they are transforming inside the pupa. One thing that I found surprising about insects is that the meal worm’s digestive systems are able to digest Styrofoam. These are some things I found interesting, unusual, and surprising about insects.
Photo by Smabs Sputzer (1956-2017)
