Rainforest Insects
Know that rainforests are home to millions of insects — leaf-cutter ants that farm fungus, giant beetles, jewel-coloured butterflies, enormous spiders, and stick insects — and that insects are the most numerous animals in the rainforest
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Does your child know that rainforests are packed with insects — like leaf-cutter ants that carry bits of leaf in a long line, or butterflies as big as a dinner plate?
Know that rainforests are home to millions of insects — leaf-cutter ants that farm fungus, giant beetles, jewel-coloured butterflies, enormous spiders, and stick insects — and that insects are the most numerous animals in the rainforest
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- Name at least three types of insect or minibeast found in the rainforest, such as leaf-cutter ants, morpho butterflies, and giant beetles
- Explain that insects are the most numerous animals in the rainforest
- Describe one interesting behaviour, such as leaf-cutter ants carrying leaf pieces back to grow fungus
“Does your child know that rainforests are packed with insects — like leaf-cutter ants that carry bits of leaf in a long line, or butterflies as big as a dinner plate?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Science
- Domain
- Rainforests
- Age range
- Ages 5–7