Mealworm Hop

Tune: Bunny Hop

Mealworms sure walk funny;

They're not like us, it's true.

Each leg pair moves together,

ONE! THREE! TWO!

Their legs don't move in order

But this is what they do:

First, then last, then middle

1--3--2!

Just what are these critters?

Let us give a clue:

They're not worms,

they're insects

1--3--2!

Mealworms are the larvae

Of beetles, it is true

They live in grain and flour

1--3--2!

Grain beetles have four stages

As lots of insects do

Egg, larva, pupa, adult

1--3--2

The eggs are really tiny

And last a week or two

Then hatch out into mealworms

1--3--2!

Mealworms are the larvae

Munching, chomping too

Shedding skins and growing

1--3--2!

The pupae are not active

Resting, changing too

They don't move like mealworms

1--3--2!

Adults are known as "darkling"

They don't fly, it's true

Do they walk like mealworms?

1--3--2!