They average at about an inch long and have a hard brownish yellow exoskeleton. They are worm- like creatures that use their tough exoskeleton for burrowing into dirt and other terrains. It is said to be very difficult to determine the males from the females. Mealworms lay eggs that are white (http://insected.arizona.edu/mealinfo.htm). Mealworms in fact are not worms at all.
Answers to Questions (1-9) 1) They sense with their antennas 2) Yes 3) Yes 4) 2 5) 14 legs 6) Some crawl on top of others, but does not matter in size 7) Gills 8) They molt their exoskeletons. 9) They like dark moist areas. They also like the sweetness of the apples that they were tested on. Hypothesis: Variable #1 If sowbugs prefer a apples vs. carrots then when they are randomly placed on both sides of an apple/carrot chamber and allowed to move about freely for 10 minutes, then most will be found on the side with apples. Variable #2 If sowbugs prefer a dark environment , then when they are randomly placed on both sides of a
They are also diurnal. Gila monsters lay 2 to 13 eggs and they mate in the spring but don’t lay them until summer. The mother doesn’t stay home with her babies.The gila monster’s prey is small birds and animals, mice, insects and eggs. Gila monsters are the only poisonous lizard in America. If you annoy gila monsters they grab you and not do let go.
These pests prefer to live in dark, wet places. During the day they can most likely be found under rocks, logs, foliage, or in trash. If they are exposed to sunlight for to long, they will most likely dry up and die. Pill bugs will huddle up together in order to retain moisture. When night falls, pill bugs venture out in search of food or a mate.
From where were the toads imported? 4. Why were the toads imported? To eat all the cane grubs and beetles 5. The term used to describe the sexual clasping of amphibians proceeding egg laying and fertilization is called _______________.
They are commonly found in trees, caves, and the ground and near limestone cliffs. During the day they have a tendency to hide in logs, crevices, and caves. The average size of the Brown Tree snake is between 3 & 6 feet in length. The largest snake recorded was 9.8 feet long in an unrecorded area. Although their venom isn’t not lethal to humans it is used to subdue and kill the prey, and they are also known to strangle their prey to death like the Boa Constrictor snakes.
Aunt Spiker: Aunt Spiker is a tall, knuckle-thin and ugly woman, she is just as lazy as aunt Sponge, and they have very similar personalits. The grasshopper: He is a giant grasshopper. He appears as old, wise, but haven’t experienced much in his life because he reacts in some similar way as the other bugs do. The centipede: He is an annoying yet lively bug. He has to better than the earthworm.
ANALYZING THE COURTSHIP BEHAVIOR OF BLACK WIDOW SPIDERS INTRODUCTION Black widow spiders (Latrodectus hesperus) have a peculiar mating behavior; males have a tendency to mate with every female they encounter whereas females mate only with the best males (Schneider and Lubin 1998). Females have a tendency to kill their mate after copulation; therefore this behavior has led to many studies in behavioral ecology. Black widow spiders have been used to study courtship and mating behaviors, and it has been documented that females don’t always kill males after copulation (Breen and Sweet 1985). In the case of black widow spiders, appearances and size do not always capture the mating prize; courtship display will determine selection (Ally et al., 2009). In this lab, black widow spider’s courtship behavior under the presence and absence of other males was the subject of interest.
They lay eggs at every opening and soon the maggots are hatched and using the bodies fat as their meal. Over the next several days the brain will liquefy and leak from the ears and mouth, while blisters form on the skin, eventually turning into large, peeling sheets. Often the skin on the hands will come off in one piece. “Body Farm researchers have discovered that the skin can be soaked in warm water to restore its flexibility, and placed over a researcher’s hand for the purposes of fingerprint
There are many reasons that fruit flies are preferable to be studied because they are easy to be handled in the lab, they mate easily, hundreds of eggs can be laid by each female, the young grow in approximately ten to fourteen days, they are easily put to sleep, and they have only four pair of chromosomes. In the salivary gland, there are giant chromosomes called polytene chromosomes which are belong to larvae, and ordinary light microscope can be used to study these chromosomes. Besides this, there are many phenotypic variations available that can be distinguished easily for study. There are four stages in the life cycle of the fruit fly, and they are egg, larva, pupa, and adult respectively. According to the lab note book “the egg and larval stages last eight days, the pupal stage six days, and the adult stage for several weeks”.