Spiders

By Hunter

Appearance
Some spiders can camouflage. Many spiders are black.
Other spiders are brown. There are spiders that are red
and yellow and black. All spiders have fangs.

Habitat
Did you know that spiders live in caves? Spiders live in
groups with other arachnids. They have lived on Earth for
thousands of years. Some spiders live in water.
Sometimes spiders live in the ground. Red knee spiders
can live for over 30 years.

Food
Some spiders eat small lizards. Spiders also eat flies.
Sometimes they eat bees and ants. Most spiders eat
different types of bugs. Spiders eat everything!
Enemies
Monkeys eat spiders! Birds also eat spiders. People
stomp on spiders. Toads eat lots of small spiders. Lizards
like to eat spiders. Snakes eat spiders.

Other Interesting Facts

There are about 40,000 types of spiders. Spiders are not
insects. Some spiders can swim. Spiders do not have
antennae. Spiders have two main body parts.
 Butterflies
By Senna

Appearance
Most butterflies are different,but they all have six legs.
Butterflies have large eyes and so do moths. Butterflies
blend in with trees. All butterflies have 6 legs, 4 wings
and 2 antenni. Did you know that butterflies dont have a
nose? There antenni smell for them. Butterflies have
little balls at the top of their antenni. Butterflies start out
as caterpillars and can be yellow in color. Caterpillars
change into butterflies when they are in their cocoon.
Caterpillars hang upside down when they are ready to
come out to be butterflies. Some butterflies are called
Peacock Butterflies because they look like a peacock in
color. I am so glad that butterflies have 6 legs.
Habitat
Butterflies can live anywhere. Butterflies can live on trees
and grassy places. Butterflies can live in North America,
Central America, and South America. Butterflies can live
all over the world. Butterflies can live in the forest,
meadows and the desert. Not all butterflies live in the
same places. I am so glad that butterflies can fly around.

Food
Butterflies suck nectar from fallen fruit. They use their
antennae. Butterflies think the nectar is sweet and that is
why they eat it. It is hard for butterflies to find fallen fruit
sometimes.

Enemies
Butterflies dont have many enemies. Some of the
enemies are shrews, mice and birds and people. I am
glad butterflies dont have so many enemies so they can
live longer.
Other Interesting Facts
Butterflies wings are soft. Did you know that if birds see
orange and black butterflies they dont want to eat them.
The Monarch butterfly comes out at day like most
butterflies do. Butterflies need to protect themselves
from their enemies. Butterflies are pretty when you look
at them. You cant feel the softness on the wings because
you will take off the film and they will not be able to fly,
then they will die.
 Bees
By Rhyenn

Appearance
Not all bees have orange stripes. Some have black and
yellow stripes. Bees have antennae. Some bees have a
little bit of orange stripes. Bees have red tongues. Did
you know that there is over 100 types of bees.

Habitat
Bees build their hives in dark places, but some dont.
Bees can live in a 3 door box home for bees. Sometimes
beehives hang from trees. Lots of bees live on farms.
Bees live for 30 days. Bees can build their hives in logs
and trees. Bees take a really long time to build a home.

Food
Nectar comes from flowers and some bees eat the
nectar. Nectar is food for the bees. They eat honey also.
They eat pollen. Sometimes bees eat the nectar from
dandelions. Food is really important for the bees because
otherwise they wouldnt survive.
Enemies
Some spiders eat bees. When they fly into the web they
get tangled then they get stuck and the spider will eat it.
When people scream they get scared because they think
we will kill them. When other animals get into their
hives, like beetles they get mad. The beetles eat the
larvae before they are hatched. Wasps also eat the larvae
before they are hatched. When other animals get in the
hive they get mad.

Other Interesting Facts

Bees are awesome! Did you know that the queen bee
lays over 100 eggs a day. There can only be 1 queen in
the hive, if another is born they will fight to see who will
be the new one. When bees suck all the nectar they go
back to the hive. When they go to a flower they suck it
with their tongues and collect pollen with their legs. They
point their tongues down with their front legs. There
20,000 different kinds of bees in the world. Bees fly back
and for a long time.
 Butterflies
By Abby

Appearance
They have 4 wings, they are soft with scales. Baby
butterflies are caterpillars at first and they look like little
worms.They have 6 legs. They have antennae on their
head for hearing.

Habitat
Butterflies live in grassy places. They like to be warm.
Butterflies also live in trees.

Food
Butterflies eat nectar from flowers. They have to fly
from flower to flower.

Enemies
Birds catch butterflies. Cats are enemies to butterflies.
Spiders are enemies and catch them in their webs. Frogs
can catch butterflies with their tongue. Cats are enemies
to butterflies.
Other Interesting Facts
Butterflies can fly 300 an hour. Butterflies are flying bugs.
Butterflies fly all over. They fly in rainforests. Butterflies
are pretty bugs.
 Spiders
By William

Appearance
Grasshoppers have wings so they can fly. They can be
green or brown. Grasshoppers have sharp jaws. All
grasshoppers have two big eyes.

Habitat
Most grasshoppers can be found in grass. They spend
time in tall grass in the heat. You can find a lot of
grasshoppers in the U.S.A. They live everywhere that
doesnt have snow. In the U.S.A. grasshoppers live in
warm places.

Food
Most grasshoppers munch on grass. Grasshoppers eat
leaves a lot. They munch on berries. Grasshoppers only
eat plants. They are herbivores.

Enemies
Ah yes, spiders are a common enemy of grasshoppers.
Spiders are very great at catching this bug. Mantises eat
the heads of grasshoppers. Birds love to eat
grasshoppers. Cats chase grasshoppers. Birds will eat this
bug also.

Other Interesting Facts

Now I know this is cool: grasshoppers sing with their legs.
They can ride each other for fun! Only females let the
younger grasshoppers ride them.
 Crickets
By Allam

Appearance
Crickets have six legs and two antennae. Crickets are
brown, black, and green. They have exoskeletons. They
do not have a skeleton inside their bodies.

Habitat
A small group of crickets live underground and there are
crickets throughout the world. Crickets can be found
almost anywhere on Earth. They love to live on farms.
Crickets live in rock piles and logs.

Food
They love to eat leaves. Crickets dont eat very much.
They like to have plant food. Crickets also eat animals so
they are omnivores.

Enemies
Geckos eat crickets and wasps eat cricket eggs.
Somethings like frogs eat crickets. Sometimes birds kill
crickets.
Other Interesting Facts
Crickets can sing and say hello to other crickets. All
crickets have six legs. Crickets back legs are very strong.
The size of crickets depends on the species.
 Mosquitos
By Liam

Appearance
All mosquitoes have wings but they have scales covering
their wings. They have two thin wings. Some are more
colourful than others. A mosquito's mouth is shaped like
a long straw. How do we know that mosquitoes have
scales?

Habitat
Most mosquitoes live by ponds or lakes. They can also
live around polluted water and clean water. No wonder I
get itchy when I go fishing.

Food
Mosquitoes eat honey dew. They also eat nectar.
Females suck blood. Why do they like honey dew?

Enemies
Some fish eat mosquitoes. Spiders feed on mosquitoes.
Humans slap them.
Interesting Facts
Did you know that mosquitoes don't bite? There are
about 170 different types of mosquitoes in North
America alone. There are 3000 types all over the world.
They use their claws.
 Dragonflies
By Zoey

Appearance
Dragonflies have exoskeletons. Did you know that
dragonflies have rainbow wings? They have two eyes
with up to 30 000 lenses. Some are as big as your hand or
as small as your nail. Their tails look kind of creepy.
Dragonflies can be in different colours.

Habitat
When a dragonfly is born is lives in an egg. They live near
rivers, ponds and lakes. Baby dragonflies called Nymphs
live underwater. They live in water for most of their life.
When you sit near a pond you can see dragonflies.

Food
Some of the big Nymphs eat little nymphs. Dragonflies
spend the day hunting for food. They eat flies, beetles
and other dragonflies. Sometimes they drink water.
Enemies
Fish like to catch and eat dragonflies. Birds and frogs are
also predators of the dragonfly Spiders are enemies of
the dragonfly.

Interesting Facts
Dragonflies have been real for 300 million years! They
can fly backwards. There are 2 700 different kinds of
dragonflies. Females lay up to 100 000 eggs at a time.
Dragonflies molt as they grow. Molt means to lose a layer
of skin and grow a new one.
 Ladybugs
By Merik

Appearance
Ladybugs can be different colours. They can be white,
red, orange and yellow. They have six legs. Ladybugs can
have 2 - 16 spots on their back. Their wings are thin and
have hard wings to cover the thin wings.

Habitat
Ladybugs like to live in hot places. You can find them in
gardens and in the grass. They like to go on branches and
leaves for shelter. Ladybugs live all over the world.

Food
Little ladybugs eat greenfly. Ladybugs eat aphids, they
can eat thousands in a lifetime. Most are carnivores
which means they eat meat. Young ladybugs suck the
contents out oof their prey, older ones chew them up.
Did you know that ladybugs eat 500 000 aphids a day?
Enemies
The most terrifying creature for the ladybug is the spider.
Birds and frogs eat ladybugs. They also eat their eggs.
Ladybugs can make themselves taste gross to try to stay
safe. People can also be enemies of ladybugs.

Interesting Facts
Ladybugs are amazing! Ladybugs are also called
Ladybirds. They can bite if they are handled roughly.
There are about 4 000 different kinds of ladybugs. They
hibernate in the winter. Ladybugs are awesome! Some
are see through.
 Spiders
By Kalley

Appearance
Spiders may look scary but here are some fun facts.
Some spiders are big and harry. They are different shapes
and sizes. They have four eyes. Spiders have eight legs.
All spiders have different looks.

Habitat
Read about where spiders live. Some spiders live in
water, most dont. Spiders live in the whole world except
cold places. When spiders leave their web its a cobweb.
Spiders are found all around the world. They live in lots
of places.

Food
Yum! Spiders love to eat. They eat dead crickets because
they are too fast to catch them when they are alive. They
catch flies in webs then eat them. They spin webs to
catch food there. They eat house flies YUM! Spiders sure
eat a lot of food.
Enemies
You can read a lot about spiders enemies. Birds and frogs
eat small spiders. Asia Spider Wasps eats spiders too.
Humans are also enemies. The spider spray we use like
OFF can kill them. Spiders have lots of enemies.

Interesting Facts
Here are some interesting facts about spiders. Spiders
crawl in your house if you leave the door open for a long
time. Did you know that some spiders dont make webs?
There are 40 000 species of spiders found. The females
can lay 30 000 eggs. Spiders are really cool.
 Bees
By Bradyn

Appearance
Not all bees look the same. Some can be yellow, black
and even blue, green and red. Bees can fan their wings
200 times a second. They have six legs with little baskets
for pollen. Their tongue is like a straw.

Habitat
They live in a nest called a hive. Hives are found in trees
or logs. Bumble bees live in a nest in the ground.

Food
Pollen is fed to the queen and young bees. They like to
drink nectar it is like sweet juice. Bees have two
stomachs. One is like a storage bin for nectar.

Enemies
Bear are enemies of bees because they like honey.
People kill bees by cutting down trees, flowers and
squash them. Bees eat bees.
Interesting Facts
Bees make honey. They dance to tell where the flowers
are. Honey bees have a queen. Worker bees are girls.
They gather food, clean and guard the hive.
 Bees
By Haylee

Appearance
A bees buzz is the sound of its wings flapping up to 200
times a second. The queen bee is the biggest in the
colony. Most bees have thin wings. They have six legs.

Habitat
Honey bees live in a hive built by people. The hive has
lots of honey. The hive is so big. It can feed lots of bees.

Food
Bees eat caterpillars and honey. They eat pollen. There
are lots of different kinds of honey. Bees make lots of
honey.

Enemies
Bears steal their honey. People scare bees. Wasps eat
bees. Spiders eat bees.
Interesting Facts
Bees are the size of a jelly bean. The queen bee lives
longer than the other bees.
 Bees
By Riley

Appearance
Bees have antennas. Bees are black and yellow. They
have little wings and some have big wings. Also they have
hairy legs. Bees are insects they have six legs! Bees are all
black and yellow.

Habitat
They live in hives. Bees live in a lot of places all over!
They live in the outdoors. Bees live in warm places like
New Brunswick. They do not live in cold places. You can
find bees everywhere except cold places.

Food
Bees love pollen. All bees eat honey, we do to! Also they
eat nectar. Bees eat flower petals (sometimes). They eat
dandelion petals roses and a lot more. Bees love to eat
pollen from flowers.
Enemies
They stay away from bears. Their enemies are people.
Also their enemies are bears. They are scared of wasps.
Spiders and praying mantis eat bees. Bees try to stay
away from spiders so they can live a beautiful life.

Interesting Facts
All bees are fuzzy! Bees pollinate to make honey. The
bees get honey if they pollinate. There are lots of bees in
the world. There are more than 500 000 bees in one hive.
Bees are awesome!
 Ladybugs
By Avery

Appearance
Ladybugs look like have scales but its just their wings.
They have antennas to feel and smell. They can be red
and black or orange and black. Ladybugs have six legs
with a claw on each leg. They have two hard wings and
and two soft wings. The soft wings fly and the hard wings
protect the soft wings. Now you know what ladybugs
look like.

Habitat
Ladybugs especially like to live in the grass. You can find
them in the forest. Gardens are a good spot for ladybugs.
People houses sometimes have ladybugs. Sometimes
they could live in your home too!

Food
Ladybugs eat all sorts of food. They have strong jaws to
chew. Ladybugs can eat up to 50 insects a day. Aphids
are caught with their claws. They eat mites. I think grass
sounds yucky but ladybugs love it!
Enemies
Grasshoppers sometimes eat ladybugs. Birds love to eat
ladybugs. Wasps can eat baby lady bugs. Flies are
another enemy of ladybugs. Bacteria can kill ladybugs
too. Bacteria would be scare if I was a ladybug!

Interesting Facts
Ladybugs like to fly! They gather together in fall to
hibernate for winter. Ladybugs lay eggs in spring. Their
eggs are very small and yellow. One ladybug can eat
thousands of aphids during a lifetime. I saw a ladybug in
my garden.
 Dragonflies
By Rowan

Appeanace
This is a dragonfly. Dragonflies have four wings. They
have six legs. They have an abdomen. They also have a
thorax. Their body is very important.

Habitat
This is where dragonflies live. You may find them in
Africa, Canada, Asia, Japan and America. You usually see
them near ponds. They might be in your backyard. They
need to live in summer.

Food
This is what it eats. They eat dragonflies. They eat
mosquitoes too. Some eat their own babies. Dont they
eat a lot?

Enemies
This is its enemies. An enemy of the dragonfly is a
spider. Birds can easily catch them flying. Some of the
dragonflies live under water so fish can catch them. The
frog eats dragonflies. Everybody needs an enemy.

Interesting Facts
This is the facts. Did you know that you might find a
dragonfly in your backyard? Dragonflies shed their skin.
They lay eggs. They are the most coolest insect in the
world! Dragonflies are awesome!
 Bees
By Ben

Everyone knows a bee from their yellow and black

stripes. Did you know that bees flap their wings 200
times a second? Bees are one of the most busiest
creatures on the planet. Bees only sting once because
they save the rest for the other creatures. Bees sure like
flowers.

Habibat
A bee hive is where a bee lives. Bees live in a home called
a hive some hives are in trees. They have lost of rooms
they dont need a queen but when a new queen hatches
then she and drones fly out of the hive. When the queen
lays eggs life goes on to make more eggs. So the be hive
is very important. Bees live all over the world.

Food
Nectar is what they drink and caterpillars too. Bees eat
caterpillars and honey. Bees make the honey. The reason
why they are busy is because they eat it. Bees eat nectar
from sunflowers it is very important in their diet. Bees
eat and drink with their antennas. They get food from
flowers like nectar. They catch food from flower to
flower.

Enemies
Their enemies are us and bears. Enemies are very
important. Bears are enemies because bears eat the
eggs from bees. We are one of their enemies because we
sometimes kill them and put stuff on farms. Enemies are
very important in life. Enemies are always around the
bees every year.

Interesting facts
Pollen and nectar is what they use to make honey. Bees
are one of the most important animals on the planet. Did
you know that bees are valuable? Without bees we won't
have things we like to eat. Their wings are used for flying
in the air. Bees are very interesting.
 Beetles
By Seth

Appearance
Beetles look very different. All beetles have a bony plate.
They all have a thorax. Their abdomen is behind their
head. They are big and small.

Habitat
Beetles live in many different places. They live in the
forest. The can live in a freshwater pond. They live in
streams and can live in our homes too. Some beetles live
in the desert.

Food
They eat lots of stuff. Beetles eat wood. Farmers hate
when beetles eat their crops. They eat plants. They even
eat other animals. How do they not get a stomach ache?

Enemies
Beetles have lots of enemies. Some are beetles others
are spiders. Animals eat their eggs. Ladybugs and birds
love to eat beetles. How do they live with lots of
enemies?

Interesting Facts
Beetles have lots of interesting facts. Beetles have been
on Earth for two hundred million years. Beetles only roll
dung straight. Beetles navigate from the stars and the
sun. In ancient Egypt people worshiped beetles. Beetles
are awesome!
 Spiders
By Spencer

Appearance
Did you know some spiders are the size of a grain of
sand? The biggest spider in the world is the Goliath Bird
Eating Spider. A spiders body has two main parts.
Abdomen this part contains the heart. Spiders have eight
legs, each leg is covered in special hairs that help them
feel the food that is on the web. Some spiders look like
peacocks. Some have big fangs. Some slider like the
mirror spider have mirrors on them. There are spiders
that are a big as a bird.

Habitat
Spiders live in grassy terrain. Some live in the desert, like
the jumping spider. You can find spiders on the waters
edge. Some live on plants. You sometimes see them on
the playground. Spiders live in hot and cold places.
Spiders can even live in our home.
Food
Spiders eat things like dragonflies, beetles and bees. They
catch thing on their sticky web. Some spiders like the
Goliath Bird Eating Spider eats birds. A lot of spiders
shoot venom at their pray. Water spiders hunt in the
water. The camel spider will disembowel camels for food.
There are spiders that can eat mice and snakes.

Enemies
All spiders have lots of enemies the tarantula hawk wasp
is one of them. Even spiders are enemies to other
spiders. The tarantula hawk wasp has the advantage
because it can fly. But the biggest threat to spiders is
people. Cars can drive on them and squash them. Birds
like to eat them.

Interesting Facts
The tarantula hawk wasp bites the spider on the neck so
it is paralyzed. The black widow spider will kill its mate
after laying eggs. Some spiders jump. There are some
spiders they lay up to 2 000 eggs. A wolf spider cleans its
legs to feel vibrations. The bite of the black widow spider
is 15 times more venomous than a rattlesnake! Did you
know you can tell a male from a female? Some spiders
build burrows and other nests. A goliath bird eating
spider is not likely to attack humans. Spiders dont always
have poisonous fangs.
 Spiders
By Keen

Appearance
Spiders have the same body parts but they dont do the
same thing. Spiders have 8 legs.Some spiders are big and
some are small. They are all different colors. Spiders are
arachnids. Spiders look awesome.

Habitat
Spiders live all around the world. Spiders are found in
gardens, houses and in water. Some spiders live in the
water. Spiders even live in your home. Spiders mostly live
on land. That is cool that spiders live all around the
world.

Food
Spiders are really good at catching food. Spiders mostly
eat insects. Some spiders wait for their prey. Water
spiders eat tiny minnows. Spiders eat anything that they
are big enough to eat. Spiders work hard for their food,
Enemies
Spiders have dangerous enemies. Lizards eat spiders.
Birds love to eat spiders. Spiders also eat each other.
Toads also eat spiders. Spiders would be scared of their
enemies.

Other Interesting Facts

Spiders are neat to learn about. Not all spiders spin webs.
There are 35,000 different kinds of spiders. The mother
spider can make about 2000 eggs. Jumping spiders are
the smartest type of spider. Spiders are awesome.
 Spiders
By Alex

Appearance
Some spiders have very long legs. All spiders have fangs.
Spiders have 8 legs. Spiders have 8 eyes. Spiders have no
ears but have a good sense of hearing. Spiders are very
interesting to look at.

Habitat
Spiders find homes in caves. Spiders go everywhere in
the whole wide world. Fields, woods and on the beach is
where they also live. Spiders live everywhere, even in
your basement. If you have a messy room bugs will start
living in the dark places. If you leave your front door
open long enough bugs will come in and start living in
your home.

Food
Spiders eat tiny bugs in caves. All the spiders kill their
prey with their 2 sharp poisonous fangs.Spiders eat
mostly insects. Spiders sometimes eat mice. Spiders eat
grasshoppers when they are not looking. Spiders eat
almost every type of bug.

Enemies
Spiders hide from enemies when they are coming.
Spiders and birds are enemies. Lizards are enemies to a
spider. The enemy of a spider is a car tire. Human feet
are enemies as well. Spiders can be enemies with other
spiders.

Other Interesting Facts

Some people are scared of spiders but they dont mean
to harm. Most spiders dont spin webs. They hunt prey
instead. Spiders do not have a nose. Most baby spiders
hunt for food when they are born. A spider is not an
insect because insects have 6 legs and spiders have 8
legs. They are called an arachnid.
 Ants
By Olivia

Appearance
Most ants look the same. They look brownish and
blackish. They are the size of a sunflower seed. Ants can
be red sometimes. They look a bit scary. Some ants are
not red.

Habitat
Ants live underground. They dig deep to live
underground. Ants live in groups. They live under
sidewalks sometimes. Red ants live in sand.

Food
They eat lots and lots of plants. They eat plants or other
insects. They work together to bring food up to their
homes. They walk in a line and get out of the nest to get
food. Ants eat leaves often. They also eat flowers. Ants
eat a lot of insects!
Enemies
Ants have to stay away from their enemies to protect
their babies. Ants enemies are flies. Grasshoppers also
eat ants. Butterflies are an enemy of ants and so are
caterpillars.

Other Interesting Facts

Ants are so amazing! Ants are really, really strong. They
can carry stuff that weighs more than they can. Do you
know how many ants there are in the world? More than
10,000,000,000,000,000. Thats a lot! All of the ants have
work to do. They live in large groups. Ants can swim.
WHen water comes in their houses they have to move.
Ants have a queen. Ants are cute!
 Grasshoppers
By Hudson

Appearance
Many grasshoppers have green or brown bodies.
Grasshoppers also can be other colours. Grasshoppers
are about the size of a childs little finger. They have two
large eyes. Grasshoppers have wings.

Habitat
Some species of grasshoppers prefer jungles.
Grasshoppers live in fields. You can find grasshoppers in
forests. They live worldwide.

Food
The grasshoppers favourite food is grass. They eat leaves
and certain crops. Shorthorn grasshoppers can eat
everything in sight that is a plant. Sometimes they eat
crops sprayed with poison and die.

Enemies
Birds, spiders, beetles, and lizards eat grasshoppers.
Snakes eat grasshoppers. Garter snakes might eat more
because they live in grass. Farmers and other people who
spray poison on plants so the grasshoppers do not eat
them. Mice catch grasshoppers and eat them.

Other Interesting Facts

They give piggyback rides to each other. There are over
11,000 species of grasshopper. Many people around the
world eat grasshoppers. They deep fry them or dip them
in chocolate. Grasshoppers can jump 20 times their body
length.