1st Graders Compare Crickets to Mealworms!

Our mealworms are continuing to grow!  They have molted (or shed) their skin several times now and are getting so big!  We weren't 100% sure if crickets were insects or not, but after observing them and noticing their 6 legs, 3 body parts and antennae we decided they were!

We then looked closely at the crickets and compared how they were the same and how they were different from our mealworms!

The cricket has longer antennae than the mealworm.

The cricket has bigger legs than the mealworm.

The crickets jump and the mealworms walk.

They both lines on their bodies.

They don't eat the same food.

The "tails" on the crickets tell us if it is a male or female.
The mealworm doesn't have a tail.

The crickets walk around in their habitat a lot.

The mealworm is long and skinny, the cricket is fatter.

I can see the cricket's eyes, but it's hard to see the mealworms eyes.