TRAP YOUR OWN INSECTS WHATS IN YOUR BACKYARD

TRAP YOUR OWN INSECTS! WHAT’S IN YOUR BACKYARD? 4 th grade Entomology Unit, Lesson 1 of 4 Christina Silliman and Catherine Dana En. Li. ST Entomology Curriculum Designers University of Illinois, Department of Entomology

INSECT ORDERS Beetles Flies True Bugs

INSECT ORDERS Ants, Bees, Wasps Butterflies and moths Praying Mantis

INSECT ORDERS Dragonflies and Damselflies Grasshoppers and Crickets Spiders

INSECT TRAPS Sticky traps Used in your house to catch and kill pests Ants Cockroaches Termites We don’t want to hurt our insects so we won’t use this kind of trap

INSECT TRAPS Panel Trap

INSECT TRAPS Pitfall trap

INSECT TRAPS Nest Box Trap icwdm. org www. extension. org/pages/11039/starling-

INSECT TRAPS “Pollinator Paradise”

INSECT SENSORY SYSTEM: HOW DO INSECTS SMELL, TASTE, AND SEE? Antennae - smells Smells are information the brain uses to decide which direction to fly newyorkvsbedbugs. org Close-up (SEM) of antennae Notice all of the tiny hairs!

INSECT SENSORY SYSTEM: HOW DO INSECTS SMELL, TASTE, AND SEE? Compound eyes - sight Each eye is made of hundreds of little eyes which all send messages to the brain Fly compound eye www. cals. ncsu. edu/course/ent 425/tutorial/photo. html harunyahya. com

INSECT SENSORY SYSTEM: HOW DO INSECTS SMELL, TASTE, AND SEE? Hairs - touch Close-up of honey bee hair http: //www. extension. org/pages/21748/adult-beeanatomy-basic-bee-biology-for-beekeepers

INSECT SENSORY SYSTEM: HOW DO INSECTS SMELL, TASTE, AND SEE? mouthparts and “feet” - taste Honey bee “foot” (tarsus) Honey bee “tongue” (glossa) http: //commons. wikimedia. org/wiki/File: European_Ho neybee_(Apis_mellifera)_lapping_mouthparts, _showi ng_labium_and_maxillae. . jpg arthropoda. wordpress. com

HOW INSECTS FIND SMELLS - INSTINCT X

SKETCH AND BUILD! You have until the end of the class to finish your trap You can make changes before we put out the traps in the spring

THE NEXT SLIDES ARE OPTIONAL AND DEAL WITH TRAP SET UP

Pitfall trap

Panel trap

Box trap