The Mosquito

are common flying insects in the family Culicidae that are found around the world. There are about 3,500 species. They have a pair of scaled wings, a pair of halteres, a slender body, and six long legs. The females of most mosquito species suck blood (hematophagy) from other animals, which has made them the deadliest disease vector known, killing millions of people over thousands of years and continuing to kill millions per year by the spread of infectious diseases

An awful little creature, in my personal opinion.  However, just like everything that God has created they do serve a special purpose.

This week we will be studying all about them. 

Questions to be answered:

What is their life span?

What is their life cycle? (draw & color from egg unto maturity)

What is their habitat?

What to they eat?

What eats them?

How do they spread disease?

How do you control them?

Can you get rid of them? 

Cause & effect of pesticides?

What happens to humans & animals when they are bitten & why?

How does bug repellant work?

There may be more as we go along, but that's good for now.  The children are getting their information from the internet, books & will do a nature walk through the back to see if they can find any.  Probably will be some in some puddles in the back woods because we've had alot of rain lately & it won't be dried up yet.

We had to run erronds today so no book work was done yet.  After supper we will have our read aloud time passing the book around so everyone has a turn to read aloud.