It is warm enough and there is plenty of nectar for the emerging being. Have all of the students sit on the floor, portraying the disappearance of the pupa. Have the first student fly out of the circle as an adult butterfly. Tell the students that they have just portrayed complete metamorphosis . Ask if anyone can guess what incomplete metamorphosis might be.
Incomplete metamorphosis is when the nymph or baby insect is merely a smaller version of the adult.
It needs to shed several times during its lifetime in order to grow into an adult. Hands-on Activity 6. Tell students that insects at all stages of life are important within the prairie ecosystem. Have the students read the Case Examples in order to define what these jobs entail. The gold and black bumble bee pollinates many of the prairie plants.