Informative Speech On Flobberworms

While tropism refers to the growth of a plat away way or to a stimulus, a taxis refers to the the movement of an organism in response to a stimulus. The earthworms has several taxes which include hydrotaxis, phototaxis, and thigmotaxis. Usually, earthworms tend to gravitate toward moist environments in order to prevent themselves from drying out. Without their moist skin they will be unable to move and feed themselves. Furthermore, earthworms show a negative phototaxis through their nocturnal behavior. During the day, earthworms tend go deeper in the soil to avoid the sun in order stay moist. Most of their activity occurs during the nighttime, when the sun is gone and the ground is cooler. Finally, earthworms show a positive thigmotaxis, which means that they tend to move toward as touch stimulus. This is due to the fact that earthworms instinctively look for prospective mates and also communicate through

Some of the similarities that are between both is that the digestive system is some what similar to the human digestive system. How that works is all the food goes down in the mouth first and then goes to the Crop, in which is the stomach of the worm. It stores there for a bit until it goes to the Gizzard in which that would break down the nutrients that the worm needs in its body. In which the waste will soon leave out of the body for both of them. They also have pharynx in which is part of the throat and the esophagus in which is the part that carries the food to the stomach.

Just last month, a deadly worm was found in not one, but four locations in the U.S. state of Florida. This worm, until recently, was documented in only twenty-one countries, most of which were island nations. Although the New Guinea Flatworm may seem as a highly dangerous predator, it is only about two inches in length and mainly targets snails for its nutrition. These worms are not harmful to humans, but they will feast on any soft creature in the soil. In order to eat snails or any critters with a hard shell, the New Guinea Flatworm latches itself onto the shell’s opening and then spits out its own stomach through the opening in its belly. This allows an acidic goo to dissolve the snail’s flesh and the worm can continue on with its meal by swallowing both its stomach and the snail.

When society thinks about crayfish and earthworms they become extremely curious about how their bodies operate because of how they are made up. I will give a brief synopsis of both animals before going into major detail about them. According to the online website named dictionary.com, it says that an earthworm is a burrowing annelid worm that lives in the soil. Earthworms play an important role in aerating and draining the soil and in burying organic matter (Dictionary). Crayfish are nocturnal freshwater crustacean that resembles a small lobster and inhabits in streams and rivers (Dictionary). Crayfish and earthworms are some very interesting animals that possess some exclusive qualities both similar and different.

This worm has other things it can eat as well. The one thing this worm loves to eat is the snail eggs it finds when it attaches itself to the bottom of the cabbage leaves and when it is searching for it's prey as well. Many scientists have said that the new guinea flatworm is one of the fifteen tenth largest dangerous and threatening invasion on the united states. They say it continues to grow even this year as well. It fact many people say that when it starts to develop the worms never stop growing and developing and continue to grow and grow and take over populations and specific areas in the united states. Many relationships with other species in the worm occur because the worm continues to invade state by state ,county by county or even area by area and it is causing problems everywhere. Another reason the specific species relationships happen is because the worms continue to have offspring and then they will continue to develop and develop. The next reason is the flatworm can carry a parasitic disease that infects rats and can be passed on to

1.) My hypothesis that the insects would be most repelled by the lemon plant extract was not supported. Our key findings in the experiment do not support my hypothesis because the lemon had a 60% repulsion response and was the second most repulsive behind orange with a 70% repulsion response. Although the Earthworms were repelled by the lemon plant extract, they were more so repelled by the orange plant extract. 2.)

The goldenrod gall fly (or Eurosta solidaginis) is a parasite whose life depends upon and revolves around the goldenrod plant. After mating, the female gall fly uses its ovipositor (structure used to inject eggs into a plant) to insert its eggs into the stem of a goldenrod plant. After about ten days, the fly larvae hatch and begin to eat the inside of the plant. The saliva of the larva contains a chemical that causes the plant to swell, creating what is known as a gall; this serves as a food source and a protective shell for the growing larva. When fall approaches, the larva digs an escape tunnel by which it will later exit the gall as an adult; however, the larva does not complete the tunnel, instead it leaves a thin membrane of plant material for protection (Abrahamson & Heinrich, n.d.). E. solidaginis larvae then pupate in late winter or early spring, and leave the gall as adults soon afterwards (Abrahamson, Sattler, McCrea, & Weis, 1989). Once freed from the gall,

Overall the mealworms for the groups weighed more after the experiment than before. The ranges of weight change varied from around 0.4 to 0.6 grams gained.

The creature, now known scientifically as Alborum Plumae, hides perfectly as snow lumps on tree branches. It is believed to spend the majority of time in a stationary position, only using its wings for flight from predators.

Introduction: Tobacco Hawk worms, otherwise known in their larval state as Goliath worms, are known for brightly colored appearance. Their diet is loosely based on a germ-wheat plant based foods. These fun colored worms sparked interest as they were kept in a small contained environment since purchased and had not been exposed to another environment or food source.

Armyworms are stout bodied, hairless, striped caterpillars that chew the foliage of grasses and grain crops. Armyworms favorite food is corn and small grains, but they will occasionally feed on turf grasses. In this essay I argue that humans should take action regarding invasive species because many areas don't have enough food as is the case with the Armyworms.

The hypothesis was not supported by the data. When given 2g of cucumber, white potato, and carrot slices, the mealworms did not favor eating a cucumber in comparison to the other vegetables regardless of the higher content of water. While analyzing the data, it was found that the standard error bars of the cucumber data went from 1.85g to 1.89g and the white potato data went from 1.86g to 2.14g which meant that the true means of both of them overlap making that comparison and data statistically insignificant. Also, the white potato data’s true mean ranged from 1.86g to 2.14g and the carrot data’s true mean ranged from 1.91g to 2.03g, making that comparison also statistically insignificant. However, one thing that

The creatures in this story have a few signifying features. One feature of these creatures is that they were unknown entities. For example, “From Beyond,” states, “Indescribable shapes both alive and otherwise were mixed in disgusting disarray, and close to every known thing were whole worlds of alien, unknown entities” (10). The fact that these creatures are aliens, prove that they are not known to the human world. Another feature that these creatures have is that their physical features are very strange.

The creatures are del Toro’s own design while also influenced by the illustrations of Arthur Rackham (Fielding 2013). As with the ghost boy Santi the monsters she encounters combine the sinister with a delicate beauty and fragility. Pan with his deep voice, greyish skin and scraggly hair is a threatening presence especially when we first meet him lit with a ghostly blue light from above. Yet there is an arcane beauty in the patterning of his skin and the elegance of his form. This world is dangerous, but it is still preferable to the grim reality.

The fluke start life by hatching inside a snail. The fluke is then ejected from the snail in a ball of slime. These balls of slime is eaten by ants. The fluke digs its way through the ant's body until it reach the ant's brain. There, the fluke takes control of the ant by manipulating its nerves, thus turning the ant into its personal robot.