44 The Curious World of Beetles

The Curious World of Beetles by Doris Licameli Table of Contents Introduction page 2 Chapter 1 What Do Beetles Look Like? page 4 Chapter 2 Beetles Protect Themselves page 6 Chapter 3 Big, Small, and Beautiful Beetles. page 8 Chapter 4 Beetles that Hunt page 12 Conclusion page 14 Glossary/ Index page 15 Comprehension Check page 16

多丽丝·李卡梅利《甲虫的奇妙世界》目录简介第二页第一章甲虫长什么样? 第三章大甲虫、小甲虫和美丽的甲虫。 第八页第四章捕食的甲虫第十二页结论第十四页词汇/索引第十五页理解检查第十六页

Introduction There are more than 300,000 types of beetles. They live everywhere except in the oceans. Beetles come in many different shapes and colors. Some beetles harm plants. But other beetles help our environment. They eat dead plants and animals. They help clean the environment. This is a very close look at a beetle. antennae body leg wings Beetles are insects with six legs. Most beetles have two pairs of wings. The front wings protect the soft part of a beetle's body and back wings. Beetles use their back wings to fly.

世界上有30多万种甲虫。 它们生活在除了海洋以外的任何地方。 甲虫有许多不同的形状和颜色。 有些甲虫危害植物。但是其他的甲虫帮助我们的环境。 它们吃死去的植物和动物。 他们帮助清洁环境。 这是对甲虫的近距离观察。 触角身体腿翅膀甲虫是有六条腿的昆虫。 大多数甲虫有两对翅膀。 前翅保护甲虫身体的柔软部分和后翅。 甲虫用它们的后翅膀飞行。

Chapter 1 What Do Beetles Look Like? Some beetles look like other animals. The giraffe weevil is a beetle that looks like a giraffe. The giraffe weevil's long snout looks like a giraffe's neck. A giraffe weevil grows up to 3 inches (7.62 cm) long. The rhinoceros beetle has horns like a real rhinoceros. Male rhinoceros beetles use their horns to fight other males. horns: hard, pointed parts that grow on the head of some animals or insects snout neck The bodies of a giraffe weevil and a real giraffe look a lot alike. Beetles can look like other things too. The Australian ground beetle looks like a seed when it hides its legs. The violin beetle of Indonesia looks like a violin, a type of musical instrument. The flat violin shape of the beetle helps it to hide between layers of plants. layers: levels Violin Beetle INDONESIA

第一章甲虫长什么样? 有些甲虫看起来像其他动物。 长颈鹿象鼻虫是一种长得像长颈鹿的甲虫。 长颈鹿象鼻虫的长鼻子看起来像长颈鹿的脖子。 长颈鹿象鼻虫可以长到3英寸(7.62厘米)长。 犀牛甲虫的角和真正的犀牛一样。 雄性犀牛甲虫用它们的角来对抗其他雄性。 长颈鹿象鼻虫的身体和真正的长颈鹿长得很像。 甲虫也可以看起来像其他东西。 当澳大利亚地甲虫把腿藏起来的时候，它看起来就像一颗种子。 印度尼西亚的小提琴甲虫看起来像小提琴，一种乐器。 甲虫扁平的小提琴形状有助于它隐藏在植物层之间。 小提琴甲虫印度尼西亚

Chapter 2 Beetles Protect Themselves Beetles have to be careful. Many animals eat beetles. Some beetles have ways to escape from their predators. The bombardier beetle protects itself with a hot spray. This spray comes out of the back of its body. It can kill smaller insects. Bombardier Beetle spray Fast Fact Bombardier beetles can spray 500 to 1,000 times a second. Tumbling Flower Beetle The tumbling flower beetle tumbles, or falls, to escape from a predator. It tumbles down from a plant to the ground. The leaf roller weevil needs to protect its eggs from predators. It cuts up a leaf and puts its egg inside. Then it can roll up the leaf to cover the egg. Language DETECTIVE Clue: The word roll is a multiple- meaning word. Look up roll in a dictionary. What does roll mean on this page? What is another meaning of the word? Leaf Roller Weevil

第二章甲虫保护自己甲虫必须非常小心。 许多动物吃甲虫。有些甲虫有办法逃脱它们的捕食者。 放屁甲虫用热喷雾保护自己。 这种喷雾从它的身体后面喷出来。 它可以杀死较小的昆虫。 快速事实:庞巴迪甲虫每秒可以喷射500到1000次。 翻滚的花甲虫这种翻滚的花甲虫为了躲避捕食者而摔倒。 它从植物上滚落到地上。 叶卷象甲需要保护它的卵不受捕食者的伤害。 它切下一片叶子，把蛋放进去。 然后它可以卷起叶子来盖住鸡蛋。 语言侦探提示:单词roll是一个多重意思的单词。 在字典里查一下。 在这一页上roll是什么意思? 这个词的另一个意思是什么? 叶辊象甲

Chapter 3 Big, Small, and Beautiful Beetles Look at the dot of the letter i. It's the size of the one of the smallest beetles. This beetle is called the fungi beetle, or feather-wing beetle. Now imagine a beetle more than 7 inches (17.78 cm) long! An adult longhorn beetle grows that big. This beetle lives in the Amazon Rain Forest. This is what a feather-wing beetle looks like under a microscope. Longhorn Beetle Ladybug Hercules Beetle Rhino Beetle Goliath Beetle Tumbling Flower Beetle The African goliath beetle is very heavy. It weighs more than 3 ounces (85 g). That is heavier than some small animals! The African goliath is also very long. It grows up to 6 inches (15.24 cm). Did You Know...? The African goliath is a type of scarab beetle. There are 30,000 different types of scarab beetles.

大的、小的、美丽的甲虫看字母i上的点。 它的大小相当于最小的甲虫之一。 这种甲虫被称为真菌甲虫，或羽毛翼甲虫。 现在想象一只身长超过7英寸(17.78厘米)的甲虫!成年长角甲虫能长到那么大。 这种甲虫生活在亚马逊雨林中。 这是羽毛翼甲虫在显微镜下的样子。 长角甲虫瓢虫大力神甲虫犀牛甲虫歌利亚甲虫翻滚花甲虫非洲歌利亚甲虫非常重。 它的重量超过3盎司(85克)。 那比一些小动物还重!非洲巨人也很长。 它可以长到6英寸(15.24厘米)。 你知道吗?非洲巨兽是圣甲虫的一种。 世界上有3万种不同的圣甲虫。