19,000 Insects 140 Countries - PowerPoint Presentation

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19,000 Insects

140 Countries

12,000 from Honduras

Almost the whole world

Welcome

to the CURLA Entomology Museum

Gr 2-4

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Vertebrates

Animals

with

a

spinal column

Mammals

Birds

Reptiles

Amphibians

Fish

3%

5,513

10,425

10,038

7,302

32,900

66,178

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Invertabrates

Animales

without

a

spinal

column

Protozoans: very primitive like amoebas

Metazoa

:

Sponges

Jellyfish

Corals

Tapeworms

Worms

Insects

Mollusks

Spiders

Crustaceans

Etc.

97%

2,175

1,000,000

85,000

102,248

47,000

68,827

1,305,250

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Arthropods

External skeleton, segmented body, jointed legs.

Crustaceans

: shrimp, crabs.Centipedes: run very fast, poisonous.15 pairs of legs (2 feet per segment).

Millipedes: move slowly, 30 pairs of legs (4 feet per segment). Arachnids

: 8 feet, 2 part body.Insects: hard exoskeleton, 3 part body: head, thorax, abdomen. Antennae, 6 feet. Usually 2 pairs of wings.

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1,000,000 Different Insects

The insects are divided into 33 orders by:

¡75% of the insects are smaller than 6 mm!

Type of mouth

Type of wings

Type of metamorphosis

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Atropodos

del

Planeta

Tierra

Ver

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Much information about:

Insects

Crustaceans

Spiders

Millipedes

Centipedes

GAMES

Heaviest, fastest, etc.

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The butterflies

mate the same

day they are born.

Complete Metamorphosis

Egg

Larva

(caterpillar)

Pupa

Adult

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Caterpillar Song

Sung to: “Up on the House Top”

First comes a butterfly and lays an egg,

Out comes the caterpillar with many legs.Oh, see the caterpillar spin and spin,A little cocoon (chrysalis) to sleep in.

Oh, oh, oh, look and seeOh, oh, oh, look and seeOut of the cocoon (chrysalis) my, oh, myOut comes a pretty butterfly.

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Egg

Nymph1

Nymph 2

Adult

Incomplete Metamorphosis

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What Butterflies Eat

Proboscis

Nectar

Pollen

Water

Fermenting fruit

Trap for

butterflies that

eat fruit.

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Moths and Butterflies

There are approximately 15,000 butterflies and 150,000 moths.

Moths

Feathery antennae or pointed tip

Wings flat when

resting

Body covered

with hair

Dark colors

Silk cocoon

Fly at night

Wings connected

by a spine

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Moths and Butterflies

There are approximately 15,000 butterflies and 150,000 moths.

Butterflies

Antennae thicker

at the tip.

More colorful

Body with no

hair

Sits with wings

closed above the

body.

Smooth

chrysalis

Fly during

the day

Lobed

hindwing

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Museum Specialties (1)

Thysania agrippina

Moth with widest wingspan

in the world up to 30 cm.

The one from La Ceibais 28 cm.

Attacus atlas

(Philippines)Moth with the most surfacearea in square centimeters.

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Museum Specialties

Morpho cypris

(On the North Coast of Honduras)

One of the shiniest butterflies

of Honduras.

Chrysiridia ripheus

(Only in Madagascar)Most colorful moth of the world.

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Museum Specialties (3)

Goliathus goliathus

(Rwanda, Africa)

Heaviest insect of the world.

100 grams or 3.5 ounces.

Amphimoea walkeri

(La Ceiba, Honduras)Moth with the longest mouth of the world. Maximum 28 cm. It Feeds on a special orquid flower.

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Museum Specialties (4)

Acrocinus longimanus

(La Ceiba, Honduras)

Insect with the longest legs in

the world.

Pandinus imperator

(West Africa)Largest scorpion of the world.Not dangerous.

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Museum Specialties (5)

Bear Face Cockroach

(In the forest of La Ceiba, Honduras)

Big Black Cockroach

(In the forest of La Ceiba, Honduras)

These big coackroaches are good decomposers in dead trees.

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Museum Objectives

The museum opened in April, 1996 with the following objetives:

To create an awareness of the tremendous beauty and diversity of the insect world.

To portray the importance of insects.

To stress the importance and need to conserve the habitats where these creatures live.

To serve as an educational arthropod center.To help promote the city of La Ceiba and Honduras as a tourist destination.

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Endemic insects of Honduras are only found in the country of Honduras; no other country in the world. According to a study conducted by the Panamerican Agricultural University Honduras has at least 15 insects that are only found in Honduras.

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Hearts in Butterfly Wings

Butterflies

Parnassius

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Odontomachus bauri

are commonly known as trap jaw ants. They have a very big pair of mandibles capable of opening 180 degrees. The ants open the mandibles as far as possible which are then locked into position with some internal mechanism. The energy is stored in a group of thick muscles. This energy is released in a powerful explosion by the stimulation of some sensory hairs. The trap jaw ants O. bauri close their mandibles faster than any other body part of any other predator in the animal world.

 A study done in California on this species registered speeds between 126 to 230 km per hour, with the mandibles closing in 130 micro seconds. GO.

Mandible video

Jump vertical video

Jump backwards video

Trap Jaw Ant

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The food of the future

INSECTS and SPIDERS

Ver

video

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Bugs

June bug, stink bug,

Ladybug, chinch bug,

Water bug, pink bug,

Please-don't-pinch bug!Horsefly, housefly,Dragonfly, deer fly,

Firefly, fruit fly,Buzzing-in-your-ear fly!

Honeybee, bumblebee,Queen bee, drone bee,Worker bee, nurse bee,Leave-me-alone bee!Gypsy moth, luna moth,Beetle and mosquito,Bugs and insectsReally are neat-o!

Cockroach, katydid,

Cricket and cicada,

Grasshopper, mantis,

Catch you all later!

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Wildlife is a mystery for many and will only be protected when it is understood.

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When you have cut the last tree;

Contaminated the last river and

Caught the last fish,You will realize That money cannot be eaten.