KIDS QUIZ
INSECTS AND BUGS
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It uses camouflage to hunt in its habitat.
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It sheds its exoskeleton as it grows bigger.
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It lays its eggs on a plant that can provide food.
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It communicates with other insects to stay safe.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The bug squeezes out from the outgrown exoskeleton. The insect must continue to swell and expand the new cuticle, so it is large enough to allow room for more growth. The new overcoat is soft and much paler than the former one, but over a few hours, it becomes darker and begins to harden.
Detailed explanation-2: -Instead, arthropods must go through the delicate process of shedding the old exoskeleton and expanding to a larger size before the new exoskeleton hardens. This process is known as molting.
Detailed explanation-3: -Molting is the shedding of the exoskeleton (cuticle) of the previous life stage. Without molting, an insect cannot grow. Once a new cuticle is fully formed, an insect engages in species-specific stereotyped patterns of movements (molting behaviors) that liberate it from the cuticle of the previous stage.
Detailed explanation-4: -Some groups, such as crabs and barnacles, secrete calcium carbonate into the exoskeleton, making it thick and hard. To grow, arthropods must molt (shed) their exoskeletons periodically. During the molt, they form a larger exoskeleton to allow for expansion.