Question | Answer |
where can you find: WHEEL BUG/ASSASSIN BUG | most likely in the forest, very shy insect |
where can you find: SOLDIER BUG | the prairie anywhere that goldenrod is found |
where can you find: SPITTLE BUG (FROGHOPPERS) | most likely in the prairie |
where can you find: LADY BUG | the prairie-anywhere that other insects are found |
where can you find: MILKWEED BEETLE | most likely in the prairie on milkweed plants |
where can you find: APHID | anywhere that there is a succulent plant you can and will find aphids |
where can you find: KATYDID | live in forests, thickets and anywhere you find shrubs |
where can you find: DRAGON FLY | nymph stage lives underwater. anywhere that there would be flying insects |
where can you find: STINK BUG | most likely where there are more plants |
where can you find: HONEY BEE | around flowering plants |
what does the WHEEL BUG/ASSASSIN BUG eat? | caterpillars, small flying insects, aphids, leafhoppers |
what does the SOLDIER BUG eat? | nectar and pollen, but can also eat small insects like, caterpillars, and aphids |
what does the SPITTLE BUG (FROGHOPPERS) eat? | plant juices, it might stunt the growth if the plant but does not kill it |
what does the LADY BUG eat? | any small insect, but the favorite is the aphid |
what does the MILKWEED BEETLE eat? | seeds and tissue of the milkweed plant. in captivity, the bugs feed on sunflower seeds |
what does the APHID eat? | uses it’s mouth part to suck the plant juices |
what does the KATYDID eat? | leaves on variety of plants |
what does the DRAGON FLY eat? | any flying insect, they are important in the food webs fo freshwater streams and lakes |
what does the STINK BUG eat? | some species are carnivorous will keep down your aphid population while many others attack plants, piercing the stalk with their beak to suck out the sap |
what does the HONEY BEE eat? | honey, workers hold nectar on their tongue until the liquid evaporates, creating honey |