Don't Bug Me!

Below are some Internet resources that can be used in conjunction with "Don't Bug Me", an image processing lesson prepared by the Center for Image Processing.

Objectives

Students will learn to use NIH Image software to make linear measurements while exploring insect anatomy.

Internet Resources

• Iowa Insect Information Notes - Rove
  Beetlehttp://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/iiin/brovebee.html
• Photo of the Rove Beetle
  http://www.orst.edu/dept/infonet/picpag/benrov.htm
• Identifying Characteristics of Rove Beetles
  http://www.ifas.ufl.edu/~eny3005/lab1/Coleoptera/Staphylinid.htm
• Parts of a Beetle
  http://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/Entomology/ythfacts/4h/unit2/parb.htm
• How a Scanning Electron Microscope Works
  http://www.mos.org/sln/sem/seminfo.html
• Bug Mugs
  http://www.pbrc.hawaii.edu/~kunkel/wanted/mugs/

Questions to Answer:

1. Where are rove beetles likely to be found?
   
   
   
2. How do rove beetles get their food?
   
   
   
3. What is a Scanning Electron Microscope?
   
   
   
4. What are the three main body parts of an insect?