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Crabtree Publishing Company

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Author

Megan Kopp

Publishing plan research and development

Reagan Miller

Editor

Shirley Duke

Proofreader and indexer

Crystal Sikkens

Design

Samara Parent

Photo research

Tammy McGarr

Prepress technician

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Photographs

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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Kopp, Megan, author

What do insects eat? / Megan Kopp.

(Insects close-up)

Includes index.

Issued in print and electronic formats.

ISBN 978-0-7787-1973-1 (bound).--ISBN 978-0-7787-1977-9 (pbk.).--

ISBN 978-1-4271-9039-0 (pdf).--ISBN 978-1-4271-9035-2 (html)

1. Insects--Food--Juvenile literature. I. Title.

QL467.2.K675 2015 j595.7 C2014-907833-1

C2014-907834-X

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Kopp, Megan, author.

What do insects eat? / Megan Kopp.

pages cm. -- (Insects close-up)

Includes index.

ISBN 978-0-7787-1973-1 (reinforced library binding) --

ISBN 978-0-7787-1977-9 (pbk.) -- ISBN 978-1-4271-9039-0 (electronic pdf) --

ISBN 978-1-4271-9035-2 (electronic html)

1. Insects--Food--Juvenile literature. 2. Insects--Behavior--Juvenile literature.

I. Title.

QL467.2.K674 2015

595.715--dc23

2014045638

Printed in Canada/042015/BF20150203

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Contents

What are insects? 4

Do all insects eat the same food? 6

Chewers 8

Chewing carnivores and herbivores 10

Nectar-sippers 12

Blood-suckers 14

Sap-suckers 16

Spongers 18

Changers 20

Compare and contrast 22

Learning more 23

Words to know and Index 24

What are insects?

Insects come in different shapes and sizes. Butterflies

are insects. They dont look anything like beetles.

Beetles are insects, too. Aphids are tiny insects.

They are much, much smaller than a pencil eraser.

Dragonflies are large insects. Their wingspan can be

half the length of a pencil.

There are millions

of different insects

in the world.

All about insects

All insects have hard, shell-like skeletons that cover the

outside of their bodies. This is called an exoskeleton .

Insects have three body parts, two antennae , and six

legs. Almost all insects have four wings. Most insects

have four stages in their lives egg, larva , pupa , and

adult. Some insects dont have a pupa stage.

Some insects have

colorful bodies.

Do all insects

eat the same food?

Some insects live underground. Some live buried

beneath tree bark. Others live in the water. Insects

are found in many different

environments . They also

eat many different types of

food. Some insects eat plants.

Some eat meat. Others drink

nectar from flowers.

Some insects eat

other insects.

Butteries

drink nectar.

Supper time!

Over time each kind of

insect has developed

special mouthparts that

allow it to feed. Some

insects have powerful jaws.

They bite and chew their

food. Other insects suck up

their food. Chewing insects

and sucking insects have

special features depending on

what type of food they eat.

Would you use a fork to eat

soup? Do you think it

is important for insects

to have the right tools

to eat their food?

Explain.

What do you

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n

k

?

Chewers

mandibles

Insects dont have teeth. Instead, chewing insects

have powerful jaws made up of two mouthparts called

mandibles. Mandibles are used for grabbing, holding,

and chewing food.

All insects have hard

exoskeletons. Why is it

important for dragonies

and ladybugs to have

strong mandibles?

What do you

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