Milkweed+Bugs

= Milkweed Bug Habitats ​ Morphology = > > > > Our class milkweed bugs in the handmade habitats. Each habitat contains the 5 necessities for survival: **air, shelter, space, food, and water**. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The milkweed bug life cycle. Milkweed bugs undergo **incomplete metamorphasis**. Incomplete metamorphasis has three stages: **egg, nymph, adult**. > > > Milkweed bugs from egg to adult. Eggs take about 1 week to hatch and then usually 1 month to reach adulthood. > > The milkweed bug with two molted exoskeletons. Milkweed bugs typically **molt** 5 times before they become adults. The period between molts are called **instars**.
 * orange-red and black color
 * 6 legs
 * adults have wings that cover the abdomen
 * proboscis used to obtain food
 * adult males have two black strips on the underside of the abdomen; adult females have one black strip and two black dots on the underside of the abdomen
 * milkweed bugs have an **exoskeleton**: skeleton is located on the outside (humans have an **endoskeleton**)