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Insects, Spiders and Bugs

Common insects and other creepy-crawlies and what they do.

81 cardsGrades K–2, Grades 3–5, Grades 6–8#insects#bugs#arthropods

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  • InsectBug / term
    An animal with six legs and three body parts
  • ArthropodBug / term
    An animal with jointed legs and an exoskeleton
  • AntBug / term
    A social insect that lives in colonies with a queen
  • HoneybeeBug / term
    An insect that makes honey and pollinates flowers
  • BumblebeeBug / term
    A fuzzy, large bee
  • WaspBug / term
    A stinging insect, many build paper nests
  • HornetBug / term
    A large wasp
  • ButterflyBug / term
    An insect with colorful wings that drinks nectar
  • MothBug / term
    A mostly nocturnal relative of butterflies
  • Monarch butterflyBug / term
    An orange and black butterfly that migrates
  • CaterpillarBug / term
    The larva of a butterfly or moth
  • ChrysalisBug / term
    The hard case a butterfly pupa lives in
  • CocoonBug / term
    A silk case made by many moth larvae
  • LadybugBug / term
    A small red beetle with spots that eats aphids
  • BeetleBug / term
    An insect with hard front wings; the largest group of animals
  • Firefly (lightning bug)Bug / term
    A beetle that glows to find mates
  • DragonflyBug / term
    A fast insect with two pairs of wings that eats mosquitoes
  • DamselflyBug / term
    A slimmer relative of the dragonfly
  • GrasshopperBug / term
    An insect with strong back legs for jumping
  • CricketBug / term
    An insect that chirps by rubbing its wings together
  • KatydidBug / term
    A green insect like a grasshopper that sings at night
  • Praying mantisBug / term
    An insect that catches prey with spiny front legs
  • Stick insectBug / term
    An insect that looks like a twig
  • CicadaBug / term
    An insect that spends years underground and then sings loudly
  • AphidBug / term
    A tiny plant-sucking insect
  • MosquitoBug / term
    A small flying insect; females drink blood
  • HouseflyBug / term
    A common fly that tastes with its feet
  • FleaBug / term
    A tiny jumping insect that lives on animals
  • TermiteBug / term
    An insect that eats wood and builds big mounds
  • CockroachBug / term
    A hardy insect found all over the world
  • EarwigBug / term
    An insect with pincers at the tail
  • MayflyBug / term
    An insect whose adult stage lasts only a day or so
  • Water striderBug / term
    A bug that walks on water
  • Dung beetleBug / term
    A beetle that rolls dung into balls
  • Rhinoceros beetleBug / term
    A strong beetle with a horn
  • Goliath beetleBug / term
    One of the heaviest insects
  • SilkwormBug / term
    A caterpillar that spins silk, used to make cloth
  • SpiderBug / term
    An arachnid with eight legs that makes silk
  • TarantulaBug / term
    A large hairy spider
  • Black widowBug / term
    A venomous spider with a red hourglass mark
  • Orb weaverBug / term
    A spider that makes round webs
  • Jumping spiderBug / term
    A small spider with great eyesight
  • ScorpionBug / term
    An arachnid with pincers and a stinging tail
  • TickBug / term
    A small blood-sucking arachnid
  • MiteBug / term
    A tiny arachnid
  • MillipedeBug / term
    A many-legged arthropod that eats decaying matter
  • CentipedeBug / term
    An arthropod with one pair of legs per body segment
  • Pill bug (roly-poly)Bug / term
    A crustacean that curls into a ball
  • SnailBug / term
    A mollusk with a spiral shell, not an insect
  • SlugBug / term
    A snail without a shell, not an insect
  • EarthwormBug / term
    A segmented worm that loosens soil
  • AntennaeBug / term
    Feelers on an insect's head for smelling and touching
  • Compound eyeBug / term
    An eye made of many tiny lenses
  • ThoraxBug / term
    The middle body part where wings and legs attach
  • AbdomenBug / term
    The rear body part of an insect
  • ExoskeletonBug / term
    A hard outer skeleton
  • MetamorphosisBug / term
    Big change in body form during growth
  • Complete metamorphosisBug / term
    Egg, larva, pupa, adult
  • Incomplete metamorphosisBug / term
    Egg, nymph, adult
  • LarvaBug / term
    A young insect that looks different from the adult
  • PupaBug / term
    A resting stage between larva and adult
  • NymphBug / term
    A young insect that looks like a small adult
  • PollinatorBug / term
    An animal that carries pollen between flowers
  • ColonyBug / term
    A group of social insects living together
  • Queen beeBug / term
    The egg-laying bee in a hive
  • Worker beeBug / term
    A female bee that collects food and builds the hive
  • DroneBug / term
    A male bee
  • HiveBug / term
    A bee home
  • HoneycombBug / term
    Wax cells where bees store honey and raise young
  • Waggle danceBug / term
    How honeybees tell others where flowers are
  • AnthillBug / term
    A mound of earth built by ants
  • Camouflage in insectsBug / term
    Walking sticks and leaf insects blend in
  • EntomologistBug / term
    A scientist who studies insects
  • Insect with the most speciesBug / term
    Beetles
  • Do spiders count as insects?Bug / term
    No; they have eight legs and two body parts
  • SilkBug / term
    Strong thread made by spiders and silkworms
  • WebBug / term
    A trap made of spider silk
  • Insect wingsBug / term
    Most adult insects have four wings; flies have two
  • PheromoneBug / term
    A chemical signal used by insects
  • Beneficial insectsBug / term
    Insects that help people, like bees and ladybugs
  • PestBug / term
    An insect that harms crops or spreads disease

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