Insects!虫类 chóng lèi

What is an insect?

A different word for “insect” is …

Tell me as much as you can about these insects.

• Bees live together.

• They are hard workers.

• Why do they sting?

• They use flowers to make something good to eat. What is it?

Bee蜜蜂 mì fēng

Honey!蜂蜜 fēng mì

• Ants live together.• They are also hard

workers.

Ant蚂蚁mǎ yǐ

They come in different shapes and sizes.

Beetles甲虫 jiǎ chóng

Some are beautiful.

Some are cute.Ladybug

瓢虫 piáo chóng

• They are dirty.• They like to get on

our food.• What sound do they

make?

Fly苍蝇 cāng ying

What do baby butterflies look like?

Most people like butterflies.

Butterfly蝴蝶 hú dié

This is a baby butterfly. It is called a caterpillar.

毛毛虫 máo mao chóng

• Dragonflies like to live near the water.

• Do you think they are beautiful?

Dragonfly蜻蜓 qīng tíng

• Cockroaches are disgusting!

• They are very dirty.

• You must keep your house clean or cockroaches will come in.

Cockroach蟑蜋 zhāng láng

• Grasshoppers are cute.

• Farmers do not like them. They eat the farmer’s crops.

• They like to sing. What do they sound like?

Grasshopper蚂蚱 mà zhà

• Mosquitoes bite you.• They make you itch.• I hate mosquitoes!

Mosquito蚊子 wén zi

Firefly萤火虫 yíng huǒ chóng• Some people call

them lightning bugs.• Why do they light up?

Centipede蜈蚣 wú gōng

• Its name means 100 legs.

• They are poisonous.– Some only hurt when

they bite you, some are deadly.

Praying Mantis螳蜋 táng láng• They are

camouflaged-you cannot see them because they look like what they live on.

• They eat other bugs.

What is this? Is it an insect?

Are spiders bad?

Spider蜘蛛 zhī zhū

• Spiders eat bugs. They help us because we do not like bugs!

Are you afraid of spiders?

Spiders are more afraid of you than you are of them.

Some spiders are dangerous.

This spider is poisonous.

Don’t let a poisonous spider bite you!

• Scorpions have poisonous tails.

This is a scorpion. 蝎子 xiē zi Are scorpions dangerous?

Which name goes with which picture?

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Which of these bugs are good and which are bad?

What is your favorite bug? What bug do you hate?

• The insect I like most is the…

• The insect I hate most is the…