Vermin Vocabulary
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- Another word for the "food" the insect eats.
- diet
- A large group of animals that include beetles, ants, butterflies, worms, etc.
- insects
- eggs
- eggs
- The long, brown "stick" on the back of the larva. It may help to "camouflage" the manduca.
- horn
- More than one larva. More than one insect that is hatched from the egg and is not an adult yet.
- larvae
- The skeleton on the "outside" of an insect.
- exoskeleton
- The insect we are studying.
- Manduca
- To hide or disguise.
- camouflage
- Another name for the egg shell.
- chorion
- A time in the life of the insect. Many insects have 3 stages--egg, larva, adult. Some insects, like butterflies have 4 stages: egg, larva, pupa, and adult.
- stage
- To shed skin
- molt
- The changes an animal can go through as it grows. A Caterpillar hatches from an egg, becomes a pupa, and then turns into a butterfly.
- metamorphosis
- Insect dropping or excrement. (Poop!)
- frass
- To dig into something, like dirt.
- burrow
- When an insect hatches from an egg. It is "immature". It is not an adult yet. It grows a lot during this time.
- larva