• Life Cycle
• Obtain Nutrients and Create Energy • Made of Cells • Movement • Reproduce • Excrete• Respond to Changes in Environment• Adapt over Time
Description- • About 1.5 mm in length• six jointed legs• four wings (most)• 3 body sections:
head, thorax, abdomen
• Exoskeleton made of chitin- nonliving protein-carbohydrate compound secreted by arthropods
• Small, harmless, parasitic wasp- unable to sting humans• Found around world, in U.S. located in South Eastern states-
mud dauber wasp location
WOWBug Spider Human
Kingdom Animalia Animalia Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda ”jointed foot”
Arthropoda Chordata- has backbone
Class Insect Arachnid Mammalia- nurse young
Melittobia digitata
Same Phylum as: Spiders, ticks, mites, scorpions, millipedes, centipedes, crayfish, lobster
Movement- 1. Walking
2. Hop- used to surprise predator
3. Flying- rarely, too light
Cellular Respiration SPIRACLES- used for gas exchange
Respond to Environment
2. Attracted to light and like to crawl upward
1. Play dead - used to escape predators
3. Grooming
Reproduction
95 % of population female
1. Asexual- parthenogenesis
- No male required, chemical released allows fertilization to occur
- Few eggs produced, usually develop into males that mate with other females
2. Sexual- - requires a male for fertilization, 800 eggs produced 95% female
Female vs Male
Mud Dauber Wasp
HOST: Mud Dauber Wasp Pupa
PARASITE
18-25 days total
14 days as adult- do not feed
parasite
Summarizing 8 Life Processes
1. Made of Cells-
The WOWBug is multicellular because it consists ofmany different body parts. Each part has different cells.
Reflection
1.In this unit I learned about parthenogenesis. This is a form of asexual reproduction used by a WOWBug to help prevent extinction.