Kids’ Corner
Paper Chain Caterpillar (From The Spruce Crafts)
Supplies you will need: • Construction Paper (multiple colors if available) • Scissor • Stapler • Glue • Googly Eyes (optional)
insect TRIVIA
Directions:
Many people are creeped out by bugs or see them as pests. Insects are an incredibly important part of the ecosystem! They help pollinate flowers, recycle nutrients into the environment, and serve an essential role in the food chain. Without bugs, life on Earth just wouldn’t be the same! Test your knowledge with this insect trivia!
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The study of insects is known as _______: a. Insectology b. Entomology c. Creepy-crawlogy
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Before laying eggs, butterflies do this to find a plant that their caterpillars can eat once they hatch: a. Smell the leaves with their antennae b. Listen to the plant with their eyes c. Taste the leaves with their feet
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While gathering food and pollinating flowers, a honeybee can fly up to ___ miles in a single day. a. 5 b. 150 c. 60
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There are over 400,000 different species of ____ which make up around 40% of all insects in the world, and close to 25% of all animal life on Earth. a. Beetles
2. Next, create a circle with one strip of construction paper and staple the ends together. Then place another strip through first circle and staple it together into a second circle. Continue until you have stapled all of your circles together. 3. Using a scrap of construction paper, have a parent or guardian help you cut out a mouth and two antennae for your caterpillar. 4. Glue the mouth, antennae, and googly eyes onto the caterpillar’s head. If you don’t have googly eyes available, you can draw on eyes with a pen or marker.
Try this:
b. Ants
Get creative! Find pictures of caterpillars you like and use markers or different colored paper to decorate your creations to look like them! You can even make a whole family of different caterpillars!
c. Flies d. Crickets
1. Have a parent or guardian help you cut the construction paper into strips. This example uses six strips for each of caterpillar, but you can make yours as long or as short as you want! Make sure to also cut a strip (in a different color if possible) for the head.
Answers located on bottom of page.
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Can you identify the insects pictured to the left? Answers located on bottom of page.
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Wild Trivia Answers: 1: B • 2: C • 3: C • 4: A; Guess Zoo Answers: 1. Dragonfly 2. Stag Beetle 3. Caterpillar 4. Praying Mantis 5. Monarch Butterfly 6. Housefly 7. Grasshopper 8. Ladybug
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