Instructions for rainforest bug research--
First, look up the bug in an encyclopedia under its most general name (for example, spider or butterfly). Gather some general facts.
Next, see if you can find some more information on your particular species in a book or at a website. What makes one kind of butterfly or beetle different from all other kinds? What makes your bug different? What are the facts about it?
Can you answer these questions:
What does my bug look like?
What does it eat? What eats it?
Does it protect itself from being eaten? How?
Where (what countries) does my bug live?
What kind of habitat does it live in?
If you can't find answers to all--or even most--of these questions about your bug, don't worry. Somewhere a scientist is studying and writing about it. Someday we'll know more about every insect. Barbara Norfleet of Harvard University says, "There exist between 10 and 30 million insects, and only about 1 million have names." Insect and spider research is on the cutting edge of science.
Finally, write up your report and illustrate it with one or more pictures of your bug that you draw yourself.
1. Anopheles Mosquito
www.ivyhall.district96.k12.il.us/4th/kkhp/1insects/bugmenu.html
www.insecta-inspecta.com
www.insectia.com (click on star insects)
2. Ant Lion (Doodlebug)
www.antlionpit.com
www.ivyhall.district96.k12.il.us/4th/kkhp/1insects/bugmenu.html
www.insectia.com (click on star insects)
3. Army Ant (Legionary Ant)
www.animalsoftherainforest.org
www.insecta-inspecta.com
www.insectia.com (click on star insects)
4. Azteca Ant
http://passporttoknowledge.com/rainforest/
www.mobot.org/education/tropics/page5.html
5. Cicada
www.earthlife.net/insects/cicadidae.html
6. Cramer's Eighty-eight Butterfly
www.animalsoftherainforest.org
www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/bflyusa/fl/7.htm
7. Crab Spider
www.museums.org.za/bio/spiderweb/thomisid.htm
8. Dung Beetle (scarab beetle)
www.earthlife.net/insects/dung.html
www.animalsoftherainforest.org
www.bartleby.com/65/sc/scarabbe.html
9. Euglossine Bee (Orchid Bee)
http://passporttoknowledge.com/rainforest/ECOsystem/
www.mobot.org/education/tropics/page6.html
www.ufv.br/dbg/bee/Versao2/Euglossine.htm
10. Fishing Spider
www.animalsoftherainforest.org
www.museums.org.za/bio/spiderweb/pisauridae.htm
11. Giant Silkworm Moth (Window-winged Saturnian)
www.insectia.com (click on star insects)
12. Glasswing Butterfly (Greta Oto)
www.animalsoftherainforest.org
13. Jewel Scarab Beetle
www.insectia.com/beta/e/iv_c202045.html
www.bartleby.com/65/sc/scarabbe.html
14. Lantern Bug
www.animalsoftherainforest.org
www.insectia.com/beta/e/dr_c2213071.html
15. Leaf-imitating Katydid
www.netlabs.net/hp/ebend/ptk/rainforest/katydid.html
16. Millipede
www.animalsoftherainforest.org
www.earthlife.net/insects/diplopoda.html
17. Orchid Bee
http://passporttoknowledge.com
www.bertholletia.org/bertholletia/benefits/benefits.html
18. Praying Mantis
www.animalsoftherainforest.org
www.ivyhall.district96.k12.il.us/4th/kkhp/1insects/bugmenu.html
19. Rhinoceros Beetle
www.animalsoftherainforest.org
www.insectia.com (click on star insects)
20. Sphinx Moth
www.animalsoftherainforest.org
www.ivyhall.district96.k12.il.us/4th/kkhp/1insects/bugmenu.html
21. Stingless Bee
www.ufv.br/dbg/bee/Versao2/stinglessbees.htm
www.earthlife.net/insects/socbees.html
22. Termite
www.animalsoftherainforest.org
www.ivyhall.district96.k12.il.us/4th/kkhp/1insects/bugmenu.html
23. Tiger Beetle
www.earthlife.net/insects/cicindel.html
www.ivyhall.district96.k12.il.us/4th/kkhp/1insects/bugmenu.html
24. Walking Stick
www.animalsoftherainforest.org
www.ivyhall.district96.k12.il.us/4th/kkhp/1insects/bugmenu.html
25. Zebra Butterfly
www.animalsoftherainforest.org
General Information About Insects and Spiders
Koday's Kids Amazing Insects!
www.ivyhall.district96.k12.il.us/4th/kkhp/1insects/buginfo.html
Gordon's Insect World
Insects: www.earthlife.net/insects/six01.html
Spiders: www.earthlife.net/insects/araneae.html
Introduction to Myrmecology (study of ants)
http://ant.edb.miyakyo-u.ac.jp/INTRODUCTION/INDEXE.HTM
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