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Answer (week 12)

I am a caterpillar

• Caterpillars have thirteen parts.
• Most caterpillars eat plants.
• A caterpillar has six eyes on its head.
• Large animals eat caterpillars.

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Cockroach (week of August 11)

I am an aphid

• Some aphids are wingless.
• Aphids multiply quickly.
• Aphids feed on liquids.
• Young aphids do not lay eggs.

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Cockroach (week of August 4)

I am a cockroach.

• Some cockroaches fly.
• There are 3,500 species of cockroaches.
• Cockroaches have lived on the earth for 250 million years.
• The cockroach is resistant to many pesticides.

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Mosquito (week of July 28)

I am a mosquito.

• There are 3,000 species of mosquitoes.
• Mosquitoes feed on blood and other liquids.
• All mosquitoes do not spread disease.
• Mosquitoes belong to the fly family because they have two wings.

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Grasshopper (week of July 21)

I am a grasshopper

• Many animals eat grasshoppers.
• Grasshoppers take on the color of their environment.
• Grasshoppers cannot live near the North or South poles.
• Some long-horned grasshoppers eat plants.

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Locust (week of July 14)

I am a locust.

• Locust is mention in the Bible.
• Locust damage crops.
• A large group of locust in motion is called a swarm.
• Female and males locusts can be identified by the differences in their abdomen.

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African Tiger Beetle (week of July 7)

I am an African Tiger Beetle.  

• Tiger beetles chase down their prey.
• Tiger beetles have large bulging eyes.
• Tiger beetles live near lake and seashores.
• There are 2,100 different species of tiger beetles.

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Garden Spider (week of June 30)

I am a garden spider.  

• The garden spider lives in grassy areas and gardens.
• The garden spider usually will stay in the center of its web.
• Garden spiders are found in 48 of the 50 states.
• A bite from a garden spider is harmless to humans.

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Ant (week of June 23)

I am an ant.     

• Ants can live in all types of weather.
• Ants have two jaws.
• Ants live in colonies.
• Ants eat other ants.

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Horsefly (week of June 16)

    

• There are 3,000 species of horse flies.
• Horse flies pollinate flowers.
• Horse flies live in hot weather.
• Horse flies transmit diseases.

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Flea (week of June 9)

    

• Fleas have no wings.
• Fleas live on animals and humans.
• Fleas carry germs that cause plagues.
• Fleas have great leaping ability.

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Goliath Beetle (week of June 2)

    

• There are 30,000 different species of goliath beetles.
• The goliath beetle is found mainly in Africa.
• Goliath beetles lay their eggs in rotting wood.
• Goliath beetles are on of the largest insects on earth.

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