Striped Invader Vocabulary Thinking
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Striped Invader Vocabulary Thinking
Read: A wasp's changing life
In spring, a queen wasp may begin a nest and lay eggs. The eggs hatch into larvae, soft-bodied young that are fed by adult wasps. Larvae grow and change inside small cells. Next, each larva becomes a pupa, a resting stage in which its body changes into an adult. The word pupae means more than one pupa. Adult wasps have mandibles: strong, jaw-like parts that help them bite and chew. In some wasp species, newly mated queens shelter through winter in a quiet resting state called hibernation. When warmer weather returns, a queen may start a new colony. Wasps have a role in nature, but some introduced species can become pests and harm native wildlife.
Word detective tasks
Look for meaning clues in the passage.
- Egg
- Pupa
- Adult
- Hibernation
- hibernation
- larva
- pupa
- mandibles
- a young insect that hatches from an egg
- jaw-like parts used for biting and chewing
- the stage when an insect's body changes into an adult
- a resting state that helps an animal get through winter
- the word “colony”
- the phrase “strong, jaw-like parts”
- the word “warmer”
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