INFORMATION WORKSHOP 1.2 Minibeasts Research Machines plc $$$ False Friday, October 02, 1998 12 December 2002 31 10 Minibeast -1 30 0 0 0 $$$ Habitat -1 20 2 0 17 under stone moist, dark places damp places rotting plants tree trunk heathland areas warm climates cool climates plants jungle trees soil freshwater ponds sea bed various underground inside homes $$$ Food -1 50 0 0 0 $$$ Size -1 20 0 0 0 $$$ Number of legs -1 5 1 0 0 $$$ Number of wings -1 2 1 0 0 $$$ Wing appearance -1 21 2 0 16 translucent narrow patterned coloured red black transparent microscopic scales eye spots on wing thin and delicate fine hair and scales fine, silvery hairs large, fan-like wings leathery thick none $$$ Shell -1 20 2 0 2 Yes No $$$ Body colour -1 50 0 0 0 $$$ Body appearance -1 30 2 0 13 hairy segmented soft long, thin camouflaged rich markings twig-like appearance exoskeleton thin and elastic joint-limbed hard, shiny body covering slender striped and hairy $$$ 1 Snail damp places rotting plants up to 60cm 0 0 none No brown soft C:\PROGRA~1\RMCLAS~2\RESOUR~1\CLIPART\THEGAR~1\SNAIL.BMP 2 Pond Snail freshwater ponds water plants, dead animals up to 60cm 0 0 none No brown soft C:\PROGRA~1\RMCLAS~2\RESOUR~1\CLIPART\THEGAR~1\PONDSN~1.BMP 3 Slug damp places plants up to 10cm 0 0 none No black soft 4 Sea Slug sea bed hydroids and sponges up to 2.5cm 0 0 none No grey soft 5 Centipede moist, dark places molluscs, worms and insects up to 30cm 350 0 none No brown segmented C:\PROGRA~1\RMCLAS~2\RESOUR~1\CLIPART\MINI-B~1\CENTIP~1.BMP 6 Millipede moist, dark places soft, decaying plants up to 30cm 400 0 none No brown segmented 7 Woodlouse moist, dark places rotting plants up to 3cm 14 0 none No brown segmented C:\PROGRA~1\RMCLAS~2\RESOUR~1\CLIPART\THEGAR~1\WOODLO~1.BMP 8 Dragonfly freshwater ponds insects about 15cm 6 4 transparent No red, blue or green with white, yellow markings long, thin C:\PROGRA~1\RMCLAS~2\RESOUR~1\CLIPART\PONDS\DRAGON~2.BMP 9 Moth various nectar and other fluid matter up to 28cm 6 4 microscopic scales No grey camouflaged 10 Emperor Moth heathland areas nectar and other fluid matter up to 28cm 6 4 eye spots on wing No chestnut rich markings 11 Wasp various nectar of flowers up to 3.5cm 6 4 transparent No black and yellow striped and hairy C:\PROGRA~1\RMCLAS~2\RESOUR~1\CLIPART\THEGAR~1\WASP.BMP 12 Bee various flowers, honey and pollen up to 2cm 6 4 transparent No black and brown striped and hairy C:\PROGRA~1\RMCLAS~2\RESOUR~1\CLIPART\THEGAR~1\BEE.BMP 13 Housefly house decaying food about 1cm 6 2 transparent No grey segmented 14 Aphid plants sucks sap from plants less than 1cm 6 4 none No green, black, whitish soft C:\PROGRA~1\RMCLAS~2\RESOUR~1\CLIPART\THEGAR~1\APHID.BMP 15 Ladybird various aphids and scale insects up to 2cm 6 4 translucent No red or yellow with black spots C:\PROGRA~1\RMCLAS~2\RESOUR~1\CLIPART\THEGAR~1\LADYBIRD.BMP 16 Spider various insects up to 25cm 8 0 none No brown, grey, black hairy C:\PROGRA~1\RMCLAS~2\RESOUR~1\CLIPART\MINI-B~1\SPIDER.BMP 17 Tarantula jungle some eat reptiles and amphibians up to 12.5cm 8 0 none No brown, grey, black hairy 18 Water spider freshwater ponds other pond creatures up to 5cm 8 0 none No brown, grey, black hairy 19 Stick Insect warm climates leaves up to 25cm 6 0 none No green, brown twig-like appearance 20 Caterpillar plants leaves various 6 0 none No green segmented C:\PROGRA~1\RMCLAS~2\RESOUR~1\CLIPART\THEGAR~1\CATAPI~1.BMP 21 Ant underground leaves 5mm 6 0 none No black, brown exoskeleton C:\PROGRA~1\RMCLAS~2\RESOUR~1\CLIPART\THEGAR~1\ANT.BMP 22 Mayfly freshwater ponds none up to 3cm 6 4 transparent No black slender C:\PROGRA~1\RMCLAS~2\RESOUR~1\CLIPART\MINI-B~1\MAYFLY.BMP 23 Lacewing various aphids, scales and other insects around 4cm 6 4 thin and delicate No lime green and brown slender 24 Mosquito freshwater ponds human and animals' blood 3mm to 6mm 6 2 fine hair and scales No grey, brown, black thin and elastic 25 Pond Skater freshwater ponds small insects under 2cm long 6 4 fine, silvery hairs No brown slender C:\PROGRA~1\RMCLAS~2\RESOUR~1\CLIPART\MINI-B~1\PONDSK~1.BMP 26 Water Boatman freshwater ponds plant debris or other creatures 0.3cm to 4.5cm 6 0 none No black exoskeleton C:\PROGRA~1\RMCLAS~2\RESOUR~1\CLIPART\PONDS\WATERB~1.BMP 27 Worm soil dead plant matter 2cm to 20cm 0 0 none No reddish brown soft C:\PROGRA~1\RMCLAS~2\RESOUR~1\CLIPART\MINI-B~1\WORM.BMP 28 Earwig under stone almost anything including dead animals 2cm 6 4 large, fan-like wings No brown hard, shiny body covering 29 Silverfish damp places starchy material such as books, wallpaper and food 6 0 No grey or silver 30 Beetle moist, dark places anything edible various 6 4 leathery No a wide range of colours exoskeleton C:\PROGRA~1\RMCLAS~2\RESOUR~1\CLIPART\MINI-B~1\BEETLE.BMP 31 Black Beetle (Cockroach) inside homes food up to 10cm 6 4 thick No brown segmented