1.  First, gather together all of your materials.  
2.  Now place a small amount of water into your bag and seal it up tight.  You are about to eat like a true bug! Image3.gif (1230 bytes)
andrews.gif (12636 bytes) 3.  Next, use the push-pin to punch a little hole in the bottom corner of the bag.  Don't drip!   Try to drink the water through this hole.  Hard, isn't it?  This is called a piercing-sucking mouth type and insects like stink bugs use this method to get their nutrients.
4.  Have you ever wondered how a fly eats when it lands on your sandwich?  Well, flies have a mouth type called sponging.  To eat like a fly, pour a little water into your dish or bowl and wet your sponge.  Try to drink as much water from the sponge as you can.   This is what flies do! 
Image4.gif (2215 bytes) 5.  To eat like a butterfly, you'll need your straw.  Butterflies and moths have long tube-like mouth parts that let them reach way into a flower to drink the nectar . . . kind of like a straw!  This is called a siphoning mouth type.  So now it's your turn.  Use your straw to eat like a butterfly and take a big sip!  
6.  Finally, it's time for the chewing gum!  Probably the most basic mouth type is chewing.   It is used by many insects including beetles.  So pop a piece of gum in your mouth and see how it feels to eat like a beetle!