 picture from Luke's bug collection! | Kadydids are useful becausethey eat other bugs. |
 | Praying mantises are useful because they eat other bugs. This one is a female. This one is male. |
 | Cow killers aren't very useful because they can kill a human in one bite (as well as cows). |
 | Wolf spiders are very useful because they eat other bugs. This one has spiderlings (or baby spiders) on her back. |
 | Funnelwebs are useful because they eat other bugs. But some have a painful (and deadly) sting. |
 | Black widow spiders are useful because they eat other bugs. But their bite is one of the most toxic spider bite's there is. |
 | Wasps aren't very useful. They sting us and lovesugar. Sugar is one reason theysting us. Another is defense. |
 | This emporer scorpian can kill us in a singlesting (duh)! It is obviously an un-useful arachnid. |
 | The giant water bug (nicknamed "Toe-biter") eats little birds like robins. What a nasty arachnid! |
 | Giant centipedes aren't useful because they havea deadly bite. |
 | These click beetles (snap beetles) aren't usefulbecause they live in wood and eat it too! |
 | Gloworm beetles aren't useful but aren't bad either.All they do is eat and glow and grow. The males glow at night because ofbiolumenesent bacteria living in them. |
 | These insects aren't useful because they eat wood. They are called flat-headed borers because of their flat head. |
 picture from Luke's bug collection | This cicada isn't very useful. It can be as loudas a plane! |
 | BONUS: See if you can find out if this bug is usefulor not. It's called an AMBUSH BUG. |
