Tuesday 5 May 2015

Life Cycle of the Mealworm (Darkling Beetle)

Students continue to show great interest in learning about living things. We introduced some mealworms into the classroom to observe their life cycle. The life cycle of a beetle is four stages  - egg, larvae (mealworms), pupa, adult beetle. In this time lapse recording of our classroom mealworms,  you will see the pupa transforming itself into an adult beetle. The beetle emerges white, then turns dark brown, then almost black. It is an amazing metamorphosis!


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