Montessori Nomenclature and Information Cards
Fascinating Arthropods of Africa
Information cards with facts can be used by Montessori Elementary students. This time only use a picture, a label card, and information card. These 3-Part Nomenclature cards can be used as a part of - geography unit study - biology study - Included in continent box For printing recommendations click here.
Arthropods of Africa
Arthropods of Africa
giant African millipede
giant African millipede
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devil's flower mantis
devil's flower mantis
African monarch butterfly
African monarch butterfly
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giraffe weevil
giraffe weevil
puss moth caterpillar
puss moth caterpillar
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giant swallowtail butterfly
giant swallowtail butterfly
scarlet dragonfly
scarlet dragonfly
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hummingbird hawk-moth
hummingbird hawk-moth
giant African fruit beetle
giant African fruit beetle
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planthopper nymph
planthopper nymph
African moon moth
African moon moth
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safari ant
safari ant
emperor scorpion
emperor scorpion
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rainbow shield bug
rainbow shield bug
button spider
button spider
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Arthropods Of Africa
giant African millipede
devil's flower mantis
Information Cards
Habitat: subtropical floor
tropical and areas, rainforest
Habitat: tropical rainforest Diet: insects, such as flies, moths and mosquitoes
Diet: debris, fruit that falls to the ground Interesting fact: The giant African millipede is the largest of the world's 10,000 species of millipedes.
Interesting fact: The devil's flower mantis is one of the largest species of praying mantis that mimics flowers. When they perform a threat display devil’s mantises can have combinations of red, white, blue, purple and black colors.
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African monarch
giraffe weevil
Habitat: found in many habitats including desert and right up into the mountains
Habitat: tropical rainforest of Madagascar
Diet: monarch caterpillars feed on milkweed and as adults - the nectar of flowers
Diet: the giraffe beetle tree leaves
Interesting fact: African Monarch has black and white stripes accompanied by yellow spots, which warn predators to stay away since they are poisonous.
Interesting fact: Males have markedly extended necks that can be several times their own body lengths.
puss moth caterpillar
Habitat: woodland, park areas, back garden Diet: dry leaves from willow and poplar trees that grow naturally in the surrounding forest Interesting fact: When threatened the puss moth caterpillar is known to spray formic acid at its attacker to minimise the chance of it being eaten.
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giant swallowtail butterfly
scarlet dragonfly
Habitat: tropical forest. The males are often encountered near streams or damp mud, the females often keep to the tree-tops and are rarely seen.
Habitat: wide range of both running and standing waters, may be found in desert and open woodland
Diet: nectar from lantana, azalea, goldenrod, Japanese honeysuckle, and swamp milkweed
Diet: gnats, mosquitoes
Interesting fact: The beautiful African giant swallowtail is the largest butterfly in Africa.
mayflies,
flies,
Interesting fact: One dragonfly can eat up to several hundred mosquitoes per day.
hummingbird hawk-moth
Habitat: gardens, parks, meadows, bushes and woodland edge Diet: nectar-rich flowers, for example, jasminum, buddleia, nicotiana, primula, viola, syringa Interesting fact: Its long proboscis and its hovering behaviour, accompanied by an audible humming noise, make it look remarkably like a hummingbird while feeding on flowers.
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giant African fruit beetle
Habitat: dense tropical African forests Diet: ripe or overripe fruit, old leaves of deciduous trees, rotting wood and plant sap Interesting fact: Giant African fruit beetles are quite large beetles. This species reaches a size of around 2 inch (5 cm).
planthopper nymph
Habitat: fields, shrublands, wood edges on shoots or leaves of trees, shrubs, herbaceous plants Diet: variety of plants
African moon moth
Habitat: subtropical bushveld Diet: caterpillars feed on a variety of plants
Interesting fact: Nymphs produce wax from special glands on the abdominal terga and other parts of the body. This wax may be used to protect eggs.
Interesting fact: Adults have no functioning mouth parts. They live only on stored fat for their entire lives, which is generally about 1 week.
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safari ant
Habitat: rainforest and gallery forest and savanna–forest Diet: dead insects, earthworms
Interesting fact: In East Africa, when suffering from a gash in the bush, people use the soldier arts to stitch the wound by getting the ants to bite on both sides of the gash.
emperor scorpion
Habitat: savanna
rainforest
rainbow shield bug
and
Diet: insects and other terrestrial invertebrates, occasionally eat small vertebrates such as mice and lizards Interesting fact: The emperor scorpion is one of the largest species of scorpion in the world. Adults averaging about 20 centimetres (7.9 in) in length.
Habitat: open area between bushes and by a track Diet: young seeds, plant juices
Interesting fact: The rainbow shield bugs are related to stink bugs, they can produce a smell when they are irritated.
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button spider
Habitat: built-up areas usually outside houses, woodpiles, rubble piles, hollow stumps, sheds, garages and under stones. Diet: arachnids, insects, such as mosquitoes, ants, flies, beetles, grasshoppers and caterpillars Interesting fact: Button spider venom is a neurotoxic venom that may cause severe systemic symptoms and local pain. Animals of the seven continents © Montessori Nature www.montessorinature.com
Photo Credits: By Frank Vassen - Flickr: Giraffe Weevil, Andasibe, Madagascar, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=14465464 William Warby Giant African Fruit Beetle gailhampshire Puss Moth Caterpillar. Cerura vinula Juan Emilio Follow Blepharopsis mendica Devil's Flower Mantis Bernard DUPONT African Stink Ants (Pachycondyla tarsata) Dean Morley African moon moth (Argema mimosae) caterpillar, first instar Bernard DUPONT African Thief Ant (Carebara vidua) queen jacinta lluch valero Chinche asesino de dos puntos * Platymeris biguttata By By Wikipedia editor J-E Nyström (User:Janke), Finland, CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1158731 Derek Keats Button spider (black widow) by the gate - from the side, closer Leonora (Ellie) Enking Follow That's one giant Giant Millipede gailhampshire Anaglyptus mysticus . Cerambycidae Ferran Pestaña Mariposa tigre - Plain tiger (African monarch) - Danaus chrysippus https://www.flickr.com/photos/50066720@N03/7454146592/in/photolist-cmGs5Q Beckie Egyptian praying mantis, miomantis nymph Bernard DUPONT African Common White (Belenois creona severina) female on Yellow Justicia (Justicia flava) Bayanga85 Expédition Sangha 2010 : papillon Wagon16 Scarlet Dragonfly-Crocothemis erythraeaBernard DUPONT African Emperor Moth (Gonimbrasia zambesina) Ton Rulkens Rainbow shield bugs on Jatropha Damien du Toit Alien bug
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