For a school project, I need to draw fifteen different types of insects. Any ideas?

Answer 1

Praying Mantis

Ladybird

Mosquito

Fly

butterfly

Bees

Dragon Fly

Spider

centipede

millipede

stick insect

knat

tick

beetles

ants

Answer 2

i would always say draw from life. It's a mild winter so far and there are still loads of insects around. It's a bit nippy all the same so a big jar with holes punched in the lid will let you bring them all inside. Lift a log in the woods for beetles, millipedes and woodlouse. Butterflies are beginning to hibernate in sheds and garages. Big spiders are conveniently heading indoors and a bright light and net will catch you a host of moths. A large magnifying glass will help with details. If you want advise on catching and releasing the insects without damaging them, try the BBC sites natural history pages to start.
Once you have your sketches from your live model, try contacting your local museum to see if they can point you in the direction of a good collection of specimens. From these you can check your details or look at more exotic species. Also check your local tourist information office, there may be a Butterfly farm or Tropical Centre not to far from you, where you can sit and sketch in the warmth till your heart's content.
Good Luck.

PS. i would recommend a really soft graphite pencil or charcoal and a huge sheet of paper, draw them large and quick.

Answer 3

I just looked at insects in Wikipedia and there are about 925,000 species - so it shouldn't be too difficult to pick 15, should it?

By the way, Papeversomniferum above and Alan C below - a Black Widow and all other spiders are Arachnids, not insects. Insects have 6 legs while Arachnids (which also inlcude scorpions, ticks and mites) have 8 legs

Answer 4

If you want to be a bit different from everyone else, try more exotic ones (Owlflies from Australia for instance - they're really cool!)

Stick insects

Dragonflies

Mantids (Praying Mantis for instance)

Spiders have infinite variety though they're not actually insects but arachnids

Wasps

Hornets

Ichneumons are interesting, they have what's called an 'ovipositor' making them look scary, but actually are quite harmless.

Bees

Moths and caterpillars (Elephant or Hummingbird Hawkmoths are both beautiful)

Beetles have many different forms and colours, try Tiger Beetles and Colorado beetles, they stand out.

Bugs (shield bugs are the commonest) - your teacher'll be impressed if you stress that a bug is a specific genus of insect, not just a general term for any one of them.

Weevils

Ants

Termites

Earwigs

Answer 5

I draw a cute little cartoon of a Black Widow spider with her husbands head in her mouth and the rest of his body in her hands...

and another of a millipede giving a hundred fingers to a cockroach smoking a joint and eating the last dorito.

Answer 6

Got this one sussed..........

There are over 20 different types of ladybird in the UK.

Draw one ladybird, photocopy 14 times, then colour them in according to the type.

See link below for species and colours.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

Ladybird, moth, Caterpillar, beetle, bee, wasp,spider,woodlouse, earwig, ant, snail, slug,butterfly, spider, Nat, stick insect, cricket, worm, fly, maggot, centipede, daddy long-legs, cockroach

All i can think of for now !!!

Answer 9

this is sooooo simple.
go to a site on the web or go to the library and look up insects
draw them.
if you get to make some up then just put a bunch of them together and make different colors.

Answer 10

Ladybird
Ant
Cockroach
Earwig
Spider
Woodlouse
Centipede
Millipede (though you could be there a while with all those legs!!)

I did try to get 15, but now I'm stuck!!