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Insect	An animal with six legs and three body parts		animal-insects-bugs
Arthropod	An animal with jointed legs and an exoskeleton		animal-insects-bugs
Ant	A social insect that lives in colonies with a queen		animal-insects-bugs
Honeybee	An insect that makes honey and pollinates flowers		animal-insects-bugs
Bumblebee	A fuzzy, large bee		animal-insects-bugs
Wasp	A stinging insect, many build paper nests		animal-insects-bugs
Hornet	A large wasp		animal-insects-bugs
Butterfly	An insect with colorful wings that drinks nectar		animal-insects-bugs
Moth	A mostly nocturnal relative of butterflies		animal-insects-bugs
Monarch butterfly	An orange and black butterfly that migrates		animal-insects-bugs
Caterpillar	The larva of a butterfly or moth		animal-insects-bugs
Chrysalis	The hard case a butterfly pupa lives in		animal-insects-bugs
Cocoon	A silk case made by many moth larvae		animal-insects-bugs
Ladybug	A small red beetle with spots that eats aphids		animal-insects-bugs
Beetle	An insect with hard front wings; the largest group of animals		animal-insects-bugs
Firefly (lightning bug)	A beetle that glows to find mates		animal-insects-bugs
Dragonfly	A fast insect with two pairs of wings that eats mosquitoes		animal-insects-bugs
Damselfly	A slimmer relative of the dragonfly		animal-insects-bugs
Grasshopper	An insect with strong back legs for jumping		animal-insects-bugs
Cricket	An insect that chirps by rubbing its wings together		animal-insects-bugs
Katydid	A green insect like a grasshopper that sings at night		animal-insects-bugs
Praying mantis	An insect that catches prey with spiny front legs		animal-insects-bugs
Stick insect	An insect that looks like a twig		animal-insects-bugs
Cicada	An insect that spends years underground and then sings loudly		animal-insects-bugs
Aphid	A tiny plant-sucking insect		animal-insects-bugs
Mosquito	A small flying insect; females drink blood		animal-insects-bugs
Housefly	A common fly that tastes with its feet		animal-insects-bugs
Flea	A tiny jumping insect that lives on animals		animal-insects-bugs
Termite	An insect that eats wood and builds big mounds		animal-insects-bugs
Cockroach	A hardy insect found all over the world		animal-insects-bugs
Earwig	An insect with pincers at the tail		animal-insects-bugs
Mayfly	An insect whose adult stage lasts only a day or so		animal-insects-bugs
Water strider	A bug that walks on water		animal-insects-bugs
Dung beetle	A beetle that rolls dung into balls		animal-insects-bugs
Rhinoceros beetle	A strong beetle with a horn		animal-insects-bugs
Goliath beetle	One of the heaviest insects		animal-insects-bugs
Silkworm	A caterpillar that spins silk, used to make cloth		animal-insects-bugs
Spider	An arachnid with eight legs that makes silk		animal-insects-bugs
Tarantula	A large hairy spider		animal-insects-bugs
Black widow	A venomous spider with a red hourglass mark		animal-insects-bugs
Orb weaver	A spider that makes round webs		animal-insects-bugs
Jumping spider	A small spider with great eyesight		animal-insects-bugs
Scorpion	An arachnid with pincers and a stinging tail		animal-insects-bugs
Tick	A small blood-sucking arachnid		animal-insects-bugs
Mite	A tiny arachnid		animal-insects-bugs
Millipede	A many-legged arthropod that eats decaying matter		animal-insects-bugs
Centipede	An arthropod with one pair of legs per body segment		animal-insects-bugs
Pill bug (roly-poly)	A crustacean that curls into a ball		animal-insects-bugs
Snail	A mollusk with a spiral shell, not an insect		animal-insects-bugs
Slug	A snail without a shell, not an insect		animal-insects-bugs
Earthworm	A segmented worm that loosens soil		animal-insects-bugs
Antennae	Feelers on an insect's head for smelling and touching		animal-insects-bugs
Compound eye	An eye made of many tiny lenses		animal-insects-bugs
Thorax	The middle body part where wings and legs attach		animal-insects-bugs
Abdomen	The rear body part of an insect		animal-insects-bugs
Exoskeleton	A hard outer skeleton		animal-insects-bugs
Metamorphosis	Big change in body form during growth		animal-insects-bugs
Complete metamorphosis	Egg, larva, pupa, adult		animal-insects-bugs
Incomplete metamorphosis	Egg, nymph, adult		animal-insects-bugs
Larva	A young insect that looks different from the adult		animal-insects-bugs
Pupa	A resting stage between larva and adult		animal-insects-bugs
Nymph	A young insect that looks like a small adult		animal-insects-bugs
Pollinator	An animal that carries pollen between flowers		animal-insects-bugs
Colony	A group of social insects living together		animal-insects-bugs
Queen bee	The egg-laying bee in a hive		animal-insects-bugs
Worker bee	A female bee that collects food and builds the hive		animal-insects-bugs
Drone	A male bee		animal-insects-bugs
Hive	A bee home		animal-insects-bugs
Honeycomb	Wax cells where bees store honey and raise young		animal-insects-bugs
Waggle dance	How honeybees tell others where flowers are		animal-insects-bugs
Anthill	A mound of earth built by ants		animal-insects-bugs
Camouflage in insects	Walking sticks and leaf insects blend in		animal-insects-bugs
Entomologist	A scientist who studies insects		animal-insects-bugs
Insect with the most species	Beetles		animal-insects-bugs
Do spiders count as insects?	No; they have eight legs and two body parts		animal-insects-bugs
Silk	Strong thread made by spiders and silkworms		animal-insects-bugs
Web	A trap made of spider silk		animal-insects-bugs
Insect wings	Most adult insects have four wings; flies have two		animal-insects-bugs
Pheromone	A chemical signal used by insects		animal-insects-bugs
Beneficial insects	Insects that help people, like bees and ladybugs		animal-insects-bugs
Pest	An insect that harms crops or spreads disease		animal-insects-bugs