Insect Science Fair Projects and Experiments

Zoology High-School Science Fair Experiments

Janice VanCleave's Insects and Spiders includes 20 fun and simple experiments and science fair projects.

Primary School - Grades K, 1, 2, 3

P=Project E=Experiment

How do different surfaces affect the distance mealworms travel? [E]

Can you predict which way mealworms will move? [E]

Hiding to save your hide - how animals defend themselves through camouflage. [E]

Ant Science Fair Projects & Experiments
Fruit Fly (Drosophila melanogaster) Science Fair Projects & Experiment
Bee and Wasp Science Fair Projects & Experiments
Ladybug and Beetle Science Fair Projects & Experiments
Butterfly Science Fair Projects & Experiments
Cricket Science Fair Projects & Experiments
Spider Science Fair Projects & Experiments

Elementary School - Grades 4, 5, 6

P=Project E=Experiment

Use a guide to help identify insects in your neighbourhood. [E]

Do Milkweed Bugs Show a Color Preference for Egg-Laying Sites? [E]

Observe the growth and development of tobacco hornworms from the egg, larval, pupal and adult stages. [E]

Color Preference of Mealworms [E]

What are ticks? [P]

Middle School - Grades 7, 8, 9

P=Project E=Experiment

Test ways of controlling whiteflies. [E] [E]

Determine if moths are equally attracted to different-colored lights. [E]

Measuring How Parasitic Wasp Population Controls Eucalyptus Psyllid [E]

Determine whether antlions prefer to build their pits in open sand or in sand under leaf litter. [E]

Determine if larvae of the caddisfly prefer natural or unnatural material to build their cases. [E]

Can Detergent, Acidity or Salt Control the Mosquito Population? [E] [E]

How Does a Sowbug Relies on Its Sense of Smell? [E]

Effect of Salt Substitute on the Growth and Development of the Mosquito Culiseta incidens [E]

Will Eucalyptus Oil Be More Effective in Killing Mosquito Larvae than Insecticide? [E]

The effectiveness of pesticides on different types of cockroaches [E]

High School - Grades 10, 11, 12

P=Project E=Experiment

Male Pheromone Production in Iris oratoria (Mediterranean Mantis) [E]

Comparison of Two Mantid Species Exhibiting Parthenogenesis: Iris oratoria and Brunneria borealis [E]

Investigate the survivablity and adaptive behavior of the isopod Armadillidium vulgare and see what would happen to these bugs if they were displaced from their main living area under rocks or brush. [E]

Evaluate Iris oratoria's ootheca (egg case) production, parthenogenic progeny, and resumed-hatching offspring from wild caught or captive raised groups of three lineages. [E]

Investigate the aggregation behaviors of the convergent lady beetles by their specific temperature range of the seasonal hibernations. [E]

Genetic Variation among Populations of Greenhouse Whitefly (Trialeurodes vaporariorum) throughout California [E]

The Effects of Magnetic Pole Reversals on Mealworms [E]

Is observed parthenogenesis cryptic or induced in the mantid species, Iris oratoria. [E]

Can you detect learning in cockroaches? [E]

Nitric oxide as an on/off switch for lightning bug�s light [E]

How to tell when mealworms are out of breath [E]