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levels, including cells, organ systems, and whole organisms. Behavioral response is a set
of actions determined in part by heredity and in part from experience.
• An organism's behavior evolves through adaptation to its environment. How a species
moves, obtains food, reproduces, and responds to danger are based in the species'
evolutionary history.
Materials:
• 6 Japanese beetles, Popillia japonica
• 6 plastic shoe box size containers with lids
• 6 four inch cuttings (including at least one open bloom) from the same yellow rose bush
• 6 four inch cuttings (including at least one open bloom) from the same red rose bush
• Stopwatch
Time needed: One 90 minute block
Preparation for Activity:
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Japanese beetle Information:
Size: 15 mm long, 10 mm wide
Color: iridescent copper and green
Legs: 3 Pair
Shape: Oval
Wings: yes
Antenna: Yes, clubbed
Common Name: Japanese beetle
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
