Minibeast Creature

This is a garden. Gardens have lots of animals like snails, ants, bees, and dragonflies. They are all minibeasts.

Chapter 1Minibeasts

A minibeast is something that has no spine.

Minibeasts are bugs or spiders.

This is a ladybug. A Ladybug is your friend. Ladybugs eat all your aphids.Aphids are pests.

Can you spot your favourite minibeast in the picture?

My favourite minibeast is a caterpillar.

Chapter 2

A termite eats wood. There is the King, the Soldier, the Worker, and the Queen.The Queen lays all the eggs. A termite is a herbivore. A herbivore eats plants.A termite builds a mound like in the picture below.

Chapter 2

Termites recycle their dung to eat as fungi that grows on the dung. Termites build a tall mound. Their mound can be 9 meters tall. An anteater is a predator to the poor termites.Click on the link below to see how an anteater eats termites. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BmIfWhnaig

Chapter 3Nature Detective Walk

Minibeasts in their natural habitats

We were exploring the creek for

some tadpoles. I saw a tadpole

with my eyes. I saw some

mosquito eggs.

I saw some

slaters on top

of a log. Slaters

have hard shells.

On our walk we found

some bees. You have

to be careful because

they sting like wasps.

Wasps can sting 30

times. Wasps do not

die from stinging you,

but bees do.

Chapter 4

I am going to the garden to look for minibeasts. I can see a butterfly, a ladybug, and a spider. Can you spot the spider?

Butterfly Life Cycle

Butterfly Poem

I am a caterpillar in a chrysalis.I will turn into a butterfly.I will fly away in the garden.A butterfly is an insect.

• So small but eats so much nectar

• Pollenates plants• Good eyesight• Extra strong to hover

Chapter 5Butterfly Superhero Powers

Chapter 6Termites Superhero Powers

A termite has superhero powers because:

• They are super strong• Build a mound taller than my Dad, their

mounds are 9 feet tall.• Super strong eyesight- build in the dark• Recycle their dung for food• Teamwork– makes them super strong as

a team