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 Meet the boss - Dorothy Floyd |
 Dorothy Floyd's
book has school topic ideas and covers the basic
biology of stick insects. It has already been reprinted four times and is just
£6.99 + delivery.
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Pink Winged stick insects - what governs where they lay their
eggs?
- Tape strips of different coloured
paper onto the outside of the mesh of the cage and see which coloured paper the
Pink Winged choose to glue their eggs on.
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Indian stick insects - how does diet affect their
behaviour?
- Feed one cage of Indian stick insects
with privet leaves and another cage of Indian stick insects with bramble
(blackberry) leaves. Record the differences in growth rates, activity levels
and lifespans.
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Thailand stick insects - egg laying charts
- Record how many eggs Thailand stick
insects lay each day and how long these eggs take to hatch (they can hatch in 4
weeks).
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Geography - locate countries on a wall chart
- Just where is Guadeloupe? And
Malaysia? And Madagascar and Thailand? All these countries are where stick
insects originate.
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What makes stick insects lay eggs?
- Stress increases egg production. So if
stick insects are subjected to one noisy night their egg laying rate during
that night will increase. If all food is removed from the cage in the morning,
by the start of the afternoon some female Sabah stick insects will probably be
laying eggs (they bury their eggs in sand). Obviously the food should be put
back in the afternoon!
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Which eggshells do Giant African Land Snails prefer to
eat?
- Giant African Land Snails eat the
inside of eggshells to obtain extra calcium. Give them a selection of eggshells
and see which they prefer. For example do they prefer expensive Colombian
Blacktail eggs to the "standard" eggs? And do they choose to eat free range
organic eggs rather than the cheaper barn-laid eggs?
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les@small-life.co.uk
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