RIC-0399 Minibeasts

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Use these words to fill in the missing spaces and learn some interesting
facts about minibeasts.
sleep, grow, mouths, wings, Australia,
diseases, antennae, horned, individual, hive, sand, nocturnal
Millipedes rely on their
to feel where they are going.
Earwigs curl up in groups to
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for the winter.
They hunt at night.
There are three kinds of
honeybees that live together
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in a
- the
queen, drone (male) and
worker bees.
Mosquitoes are a type of fly
which live and breed in warm, wet
places. They can carry
like malaria and Ross River Virus.
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Three types of fly found in
bush fly and house fly.
Scorpions are
An earthworm can
up to 30 cm long.
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grasshoppers are also called locusts.
Dragonflies have two large 'compound' eyes
that are each made up of thousands of tiny
eyes. This allows them to see in all
directions.
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animals.
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Beetles use their
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are the fruit fly,
in a biting action and bugs
have mouths like needles.
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Two differences
between moths and
butterflies are:
1. Butterflies fly during the day, moths usually fly at night.
2. A moth rests with its
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open,
but a butterfly rests with its wings closed.
The ant-lion lives in
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and makes traps for
ants to fall into.
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