Elenco Insect Exploring Kit - Manual (Page 6)

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Beetles In Abundance
Running beetles will hurry
across the ground without
delay. Upon close observation,
you can see their strong jaw
they use to catch insects and
sometimes-even worms.
Snout beetles have a long
nose that is a protrusion of
their head to which its
antennae are attached.
Fruit and plants are the favourite for the Snout beetles.
Eye-Candy
The rose beetles, with its bright green body, often creep about the
blossoms. One noteworthy is the Longicorn beetle. It has amazingly
long, magnificent antennae. You may even get luck and see
fireflies, also know as glow-
worms. The male and female
use this method to attract
one another.
Snout Beetle
Glow-worm
Lady Bug
Bugs with built in Armour
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Rose Beetle
If you happen to find a
caterpillar on a plant,
you may get lucky and
be able to see it transform into a
butterfly. This will take a few days,
so you have to keep checking on it.
Metamorphous
Peacock butterflies emerge from black caterpillars'.
Cabbage butterflies come from the green and yellow
ones that eat the cabbage leaves.
Ladybugs are quite easy to
catch and look at in your
magnifying glass. By counting
the spots on their body you can
determine which species of ladybug you
have. The spots have absolutely nothing
to do with how old the beetle is.
Plant lice are the
main diet of Ladybugs
and their young
Beetles look like knights in shining armour. A firm shell
totally protects their entire body and the only
protrusions to this armour are its arms and
legs. It even covers its wings to
protect them when it is not
flying.
More species in the
beetle class exist than
in anything else.