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ACTIVITY 1

Activity

i) Insects with biting and chewing mouthparts

   Observe and identify the following field insect pests with biting and chewing mouthparts:

(grasshoppers, maize stalkborers, cutworms, bollworms and termites)

A B C D E

                                                                                                                                                                                 

ii) observe and identify the following insect pests with piercing and sucking mouthparts:

       (Aphids, Scales, Adult stages of butterflies and Moths, mealybugs and thrips)

A B C

                                                                                                                                                                     

D E F

                                                                                                                        

B. NEMATODES

These are legless worms with elongated  and unsegmented bodies.

draw and label a nematode.

C) RODENTS

Observe and identify the following rodents :

squirrels, moles, rats, field mice and porcupines. 

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