Insects & Minibeasts for Primary School - Reptile Encounters

INSECTS & MINIBEASTS FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL

Does your class know the difference between a spider and an insect? They will learn all about the unique and fascinating creatures that make up the most abundant animal group in the world – the invertebrates! Find out about the importance of insects and minibeasts in our environment and the wide range of species in this group such as spiders, millipedes, burrowing cockroaches, hermit crabs, and more.

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OUR MINIBEASTS

Here are a few of the tiny critters you might get to meet…

Cheryl - Spiny Leaf Stick Insect

The Spiny Leaf Stick Insect is a herbivore feeding exclusively on eucalyptus leaves.

Rosie - Goliath Stick Insect

The Goliath Stick Insect has a pinky/red colour on the underside of their wings which they use to ward off predators.

Bazza - Giant Burrowing Cockroach

Giant Burrowing Cockroaches are also known as Giant Litter Bugs as they eat all the dried leaf litter on the forest floor, helping to turn over the soil.

Matthew - Flinders Ranges Scorpion

Did you know that Scorpions can glow in the dark, no one knows why they do this.

Tara - Tarantula

A Tarantula uses its hairy legs to feel, each little hair has sensory receptors on it.

Hermes - Hermit Crab

Hermit Crabs have ten legs however only 6 of these are ever visible, the other four are used to hold onto their shell.

Charlie - Giant Centipede

Giant Centipedes are venomous creatures, using their venom to subdue their prey. It also helps to start the digestive process happening.

Marty - Mertens Water Monitor

Mertens Water Monitors are predators feeding on insects, crustaceans & fish.

Cheryl - Spiny Leaf Stick Insect

The Spiny Leaf Stick Insect is a herbivore feeding exclusively on eucalyptus leaves.

Rosie - Goliath Stick Insect

The Goliath Stick Insect has a pinky/red colour on the underside of their wings which they use to ward off predators.

Bazza - Giant Burrowing Cockroach

Giant Burrowing Cockroaches are also known as Giant Litter Bugs as they eat all the dried leaf litter on the forest floor, helping to turn over the soil.

Matthew - Flinders Ranges Scorpion

Did you know that Scorpions can glow in the dark, no one knows why they do this.

Tara - Tarantula

A Tarantula uses its hairy legs to feel, each little hair has sensory receptors on it.

Hermes - Hermit Crab

Hermit Crabs have ten legs however only 6 of these are ever visible, the other four are used to hold onto their shell.

Charlie - Giant Centipede

Giant Centipedes are venomous creatures, using their venom to subdue their prey. It also helps to start the digestive process happening.

Marty - Mertens Water Monitor

Mertens Water Monitors are predators feeding on insects, crustaceans & fish.

Wildlife

Curriculum Focus

Living things have a variety of external features and live in different places where their basic needs, including food, water and shelter, are met

Sustainability

Suggest how the environment affects them and other living things.

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Classroom Resources

Watch this space! Exciting new resources coming in 2023!

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Reptile Encounters would like to acknowledge the Wurundjeri people who are the Traditional Custodians of this Land.
We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present of the Kulin Nation and extend that respect to other Indigenous Australians.

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