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2 Teacher Workbooks Language Arts Series Alphabet Skills Insects Theme, Vol. 1 Copyright 2003 Teachnology Publishing Company A Division of Teachnology, Inc. For additional information, visit us at Some images

3 Table of Contents Theme Ants 1-5 Bees 6-10 Beetles Butterflies Crickets Flies Worms Answers SKill Alphabetization 1-30 Answers Standard Students employ a wide range of strategies as they write and use different writing process elements appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes 1-30 Answers iii

4 Ants ants pests colony Myrmecology Formicidae Hymenoptera 1

5 Ants queen nests workers antennae mandible soldiers 2

6 Ants nests earth weaver combined wood & carton bivouac 3

7 Ants species sweets seeds crop abdomen honey 4

8 Ants ants Honeypot Harvester Fungus growing Predation Breeders 5

9 Bees colony honey bee hives workers queen 6

10 Bees bees insect useful pollen flowers nectar 7

11 Bees drones bees workers queens colony hives 8

12 Bees sting bee buzzing honey colony beeswax 9

13 Bees honeycomb colony nectar pollen swarm beekeepers 10

14 Beetles insect beetle Acteon Beetle South America bulkiest Longhorn Beetle 11

15 Beetles Longhorn Beetle Dynastes Hercules Fiji Titanus Giganteus Feather-winged Beetle Nanosella Fungi 12

16 Beetles beetles Coleoptera taxonomic soil Megasoma Acteon South America 13

17 Beetles beetles species rain forest deserts antennae exoskeleton 14

18 Butterflies butterfly nectar proboscis species insect delicate 15

19 Butterflies Queen Alexandra New Guinea Western Pygmy Blue North America Lepidoptera warm 16

20 Butterflies butterflies grace delicate beautiful colorful flight 17

21 Butterflies butterflies families skippers blues coppers hairstreaks 18

22 Crickets crickets jumpers Anthropoda singers Insecta chirp 19

23 Crickets scavenger wool silk nymph chirp jumpers 20

24 Crickets jumpers singing chirping omnivore scavenger meadows 21

25 Crickets nocturnal predators Anthropoda Insecta Orthoptera Entomologist 22

26 Flies fly insect wings House Fly germs mouthparts 23

27 Flies head thorax abdomen fine hair eyes Disteria 24

28 Flies compound antenna palpi halters claws pulvilli 25

29 Flies Insecta Disteria germs disease Cholera Dysentery 26

30 Worms segments setae citellum five hearts slimy bristles 27

31 Worms worms Annelida earthworms segments Polychaetes bristles 28

32 Worms hermaphroditic fertilization excretion ingest anterior exterior 29

33 Worms blood muscles segments slimy squishy five hearts 30

34 Page 1 ants colony Formicidae Hymenoptera Myrmecology pests Page 2 antennae mandible nests queen soldiers workers Page 3 Bivouac Combined Earth Nests Weaver Wood & Carter Page 4 abdomen crop honey seeds species sweets Page 5 ants Breeders Fungus growing Harvester Honeypot Predation Page 6 bee colony hives honey queen workers Page 7 bees flowers insect nectar pollen useful Page 8 bees colony drones hives queens workers Page 9 bee beeswax buzzing colony honey sting Page 10 beekeepers colony honeycomb nectar pollen swarm Answers Page 11 Acteon Beetle Beetle Bulkiest Insect Longhorn Beetle South America Page 12 Dynastes Hercules Feather-winged Beetle Fiji Longhorn Beetle Nanosella fungi Titanus giganteus Page 13 beetles Coleoptera Megasoma Acteon soil South America taxonomic Page 14 antennae beetles deserts exoskeleton rain forest species Page 15 butterfly delicate insect nectar proboscis species Page 16 Lepidoptera New Guinea North America Queen Alexandra Warm Western Pygmy Blue Page 17 beautiful butterflies colorful delicate flight grace Page 18 blues butterflies coppers families hairstreaks skippers 31

35 Page 19 Anthropoda chirp crickets Insecta Jumpers singers Page 20 chirp jumpers nymph scavenger silk wool Page 21 chirping jumpers meadows omnivore scavenger singing Page 22 Anthropoda Entomologist Insecta nocturnal Orhtoptera predators Page 23 fly germs Housefly Insect mouthparts wings Page 26 Cholera disease Disteria Dysentery germs Insecta Page 27 bristles citellum five hearts segments setae slimy Page 28 Annelida bristles earthworms Polychaetes segments worms Page 29 anterior excretion exterior fertilization hermaphroditic ingest Page 30 blood five hearts muscles segments slimy squishy Page 24 abdomen Disteria Eyes fine hair head thorax Page 25 antenna claws compound halters palpi pulvilli 32

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