1. Minibeasts Year 2 St Andrews Seraya Hinze

3. This is a real carpet beetle.

4. Carpet beetle life cycle  It lives in houses.  The grown up carpet beetles eat pollen.  When it is young it is called a larva carpet beetle. It is also called a woolly bear.  The larva carpet beetle eats carpet,furniture,clothing and insect collections.

5. Adult carpet beetles live for 20-60 days. Adult lays 30-100 eggs. Larval stage lasts 60-325 days. Pupal stage lasts for 10-17 days.

6. Summary  Pictures of a carpet beetle.  Carpet beetle life cycle.  Pictures of a baby spider.  Baby spider life cycle.  A spider poem.  Questions.

8. This is a group of baby spiders. I found them outside of my house on the post.

10. The Spider Web The spider spun a silver web Above the gate last night It was round with little spokes And such a pretty sight This morning there were drops of dew Hung on it, one by one; They changed to diamonds, rubies red. When they were lit with sun. A spiders nice to have around To weave a web so fine On which to string the drops of dew That catch the bright sunshine.

11. Questions  What do larva carpet beetles eat?  What do adult carpet beetles eat?  What are larva carpet beetles also called?  Which spider eats who?

12. Answers  Carpet,furniture,clothing and insect collections.  Pollen.  Woolly bear.  The female spider eats the male.