Outline for Insect Anatomy Chapter 1: Bugging Out What is an arthropod? / Page of statistics (include difference between insect/bug/others) Arthropod family tree / classification Timeline of Bugs / Escaping Extinction Parts of an Insect / Interior anatomy Kinds of Wings / flight patterns Kinds of eyes How bugs hear Ways of eating (2 spreads) What bugs eat / eating toxins Legs and walking Sense of touch / antennae Actual sizes Where bugs live One acacia tree Colors About beetles Importance of bugs to ecosystem Sample ecosystem disrupted Climate change Chapter 2: Way of Life Simple growth / incomplete metamorphosis Bug eggs / shedding bugs Larvae vs adult Butterflies (3 spreads) Monarchs'' journey Moth vs butterfly Moths (2 spreads) Silkworm Chapter 3: Community Building Anatomy of an ant / ant jobs Ant species / facts Leaf cutter ants Anatomy of a bee / kinds of bees Bee facts How a hive works Wasps Wasp nests Termites / termite mounds Decomposers Chapter 4: Buzzworthy Features Camouflage (2 spreads) Bugs with faces/eyespots Mimicking / playing dead Stingers Venom Armor Anatomy of a grasshopper / big jumpers Walking on water / extreme temperature adaptations Smells Chapter 5: Social Butterflies (communication) Body language and poses Noisy bugs Pheromones Fireflies Courtship dances / gift giving Mating Chapter 6: Superlatives Weirdest (2 spreads) Most colorful (2 spreads) Largest (2 spreads) Smallest / fastest Longest lived / cicadas Shortest lived Strongest / loudest Longest migration Chapter 7: Not Bugs Insects but Close Intro / parts of a spider Spider facts Spider webs Centipede and millepede Worms Slugs / snails Chapter 8: Humans and Bugs People Eat Bugs Indoor insect pests around the world Outdoor insect pests / garden beneficials (2 spreads) Making dye / candy coating Fruit fly research / maggots for wound healing Silkworm to your shirt Bugs that Bite People Critically endangered Insect fossils Scientists studying bugs (2 spreads) Ways to attract butterflies Go on a bug hunt 9 things you can do to help insects SAMPLE TEXT An insect has three body parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), six legs, and typically wings. Spiders have just two body parts, plus fangs, as well as spinnerets for spinning threads for webs and cocoons. Also, they have 8 legs. A "true bug" is a small insect that has sucking mouthparts and forewings and undergoes incomplete metamorphosis. People Eating Bugs It''s been estimated that people ingest nearly two pounds of bugs every year without knowing it. On the other hand, many bugs are safe to eat and even provide lots of nutrients. In fact, Europe and North America are among the only places where bug-eating is not common practice. Some types of bugs that are regularly (and purposefully) consumed by humans around the world include ants, beetles, caterpillars, centipedes, cicadas, cockroaches, crickets, dragonflies, earthworms, grasshoppers, June bugs, locusts, mealworms, midge flies, pillbugs, scorpions, stink bugs, tarantulas, termites, walking sticks, and wasps.
Lemon Ants - In China, boiled ants make a delicious soup. In the Amazon, people simply scrape the ants from a tree and crush them on their teeth. Grasshoppers (also known as Chapulines) are common fare in Oaxaca. They''re often eaten as snacks, or crushed and sprinkled on top of dishes to enhance the flavor.