=Olivia Postlewait Science Discovery: Cicada Killers= Eastern cicada killers are the largest wasps! They dig burrows each summer in well-drained lawns, ball fields, and plant nurseries!
The female cicada is about 1-1/8 inch long. the male is slightly smaller. The abdomen is black with light yellow markings. The head and wigs are rusty red. The female will carry a dead cicada back to her burrow and put it in a nest cell. She will then lay an egg on it and seal the cell. A grub hatches from the egg in a few days. Then it will eat the dead cicada and live during the winter underground in a hard cocoon which it weaves. It will pupate in the spring and hatch in July or august. It then digs its way to the surface and lives above ground for 2-6 weeks. Cicada's die annually! Despite their large size their sting hearts no more than a normal honey be. The female wasps are not defensive, they will only sting if caught by bare hand or caught in one's clothing! Males will chase after other wasps or even buzz around humans, if one comes into their territory, but they have no stingers!||||
Praying mantises are named after there legs, usually they look like there praying. They are vary good hunters, first they use there Big arms to reach out and grab their pray. Then they eat it alive all in one siting. They are a vary pretty green color. They eat almost anything they can get, including, lizards, bugs, insects, spiders, and even hummingbirds, and much more.
Olivia Postlewait Science Discovery :Wolf Spiders 9/22/14 There are around 125 species that are found in the United States and about 50 species that are found in Europe. a full grown wolf spider is typically a half an inch to two inches in length, they are usually brown or gray with various stripe-like markings on their backs. Wolf spiders are also vary hairy. Even though the wolf spider is poisonous, its venom is not lethal. The wolf spider is not known to be aggressive, however they will bite if they feel like they are in harm. They also move extremely fast when they are disturbed. If bitten by a wolf spider, the wound should not be bandaged.||
The female cicada is about 1-1/8 inch long. the male is slightly smaller. The abdomen is black with light yellow markings. The head and wigs are rusty red. The female will carry a dead cicada back to her burrow and put it in a nest cell. She will then lay an egg on it and seal the cell. A grub hatches from the egg in a few days. Then it will eat the dead cicada and live during the winter underground in a hard cocoon which it weaves. It will pupate in the spring and hatch in July or august. It then digs its way to the surface and lives above ground for 2-6 weeks. Cicada's die annually! Despite their large size their sting hearts no more than a normal honey be.
The female wasps are not defensive, they will only sting if caught by bare hand or caught in one's clothing! Males will chase after other wasps or even buzz around humans, if one comes into their territory, but they have no stingers!||||
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Olivia Postlewait Science discovery: praying mantise 9/29/14
Praying mantises are named after there legs, usually they look like there praying. They are vary good hunters, first they use there Big arms to reach out and grab their pray. Then they eat it alive all in one siting. They are a vary pretty green color. They eat almost anything they can get, including, lizards, bugs, insects, spiders, and even hummingbirds, and much more.Olivia Postlewait Science Discovery :Wolf Spiders 9/22/14
There are around 125 species that are found in the United States and about 50 species that are found in Europe. a full grown wolf spider is typically a half an inch to two inches in length, they are usually brown or gray with various stripe-like markings on their backs. Wolf spiders are also vary hairy. Even though the wolf spider is poisonous, its venom is not lethal. The wolf spider is not known to be aggressive, however they will bite if they feel like they are in harm. They also move extremely fast when they are disturbed. If bitten by a wolf spider, the wound should not be bandaged.||
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