#separator:tab #html:false #tags column:4 Ladybug A beetle with spots that eats aphids fun-insects-and-bugs Honeybee Makes honey and pollinates flowers fun-insects-and-bugs Bumblebee A big fuzzy bee fun-insects-and-bugs Butterfly Has colorful wings and drinks nectar fun-insects-and-bugs Moth A winged insect that often flies at night fun-insects-and-bugs Dragonfly A fast flyer with two pairs of wings fun-insects-and-bugs Grasshopper Jumps with strong back legs fun-insects-and-bugs Cricket Chirps by rubbing its wings together fun-insects-and-bugs Praying mantis A hunter that holds its front legs like it is praying fun-insects-and-bugs Firefly A beetle that glows to find friends fun-insects-and-bugs Ant Lives in colonies and works as a team fun-insects-and-bugs Termite Chews wood and builds mounds fun-insects-and-bugs Mosquito Female bites to drink blood fun-insects-and-bugs Housefly Tastes with its feet fun-insects-and-bugs Beetle Has hard wing covers; the biggest group of insects fun-insects-and-bugs Stag beetle A beetle with large jaws like antlers fun-insects-and-bugs Dung beetle Rolls balls of dung fun-insects-and-bugs Cicada Spends years underground, then sings loudly fun-insects-and-bugs Walking stick An insect that looks like a twig fun-insects-and-bugs Aphid A tiny insect that sucks plant juices fun-insects-and-bugs Flea A tiny jumper fun-insects-and-bugs Earwig An insect with pincers on its tail fun-insects-and-bugs Cockroach A tough insect that has been around since before dinosaurs fun-insects-and-bugs Wasp A stinging insect that builds paper nests fun-insects-and-bugs Hornet A large kind of wasp fun-insects-and-bugs Caterpillar The larva of a butterfly or moth fun-insects-and-bugs Chrysalis The case a butterfly caterpillar forms to change inside fun-insects-and-bugs Cocoon The silk case many moth caterpillars spin fun-insects-and-bugs Metamorphosis A big body change, like caterpillar to butterfly fun-insects-and-bugs Monarch butterfly Migrates thousands of miles to Mexico fun-insects-and-bugs Luna moth A big pale green moth fun-insects-and-bugs Silkworm A caterpillar whose cocoon gives us silk fun-insects-and-bugs Spider Not an insect: it has eight legs fun-insects-and-bugs Black widow A spider with a red hourglass mark; wild ones are best left alone fun-insects-and-bugs Tarantula A large hairy spider fun-insects-and-bugs Orb weaver A spider that spins round webs fun-insects-and-bugs Jumping spider A tiny spider with good eyes that leaps on prey fun-insects-and-bugs Scorpion A relative of spiders with a stinging tail fun-insects-and-bugs Tick A tiny spider relative that feeds on blood fun-insects-and-bugs Centipede Has one pair of legs per body segment fun-insects-and-bugs Millipede Has two pairs of legs per segment fun-insects-and-bugs Pill bug Also called a roly-poly; it curls into a ball fun-insects-and-bugs Snail Not an insect; it is a mollusk fun-insects-and-bugs Earthworm Not an insect; it helps soil fun-insects-and-bugs How many legs does an insect have? Six fun-insects-and-bugs How many body parts does an insect have? Three: head, thorax and abdomen fun-insects-and-bugs How many legs does a spider have? Eight fun-insects-and-bugs Antennae Feelers used to smell and touch fun-insects-and-bugs Exoskeleton A hard outside skeleton fun-insects-and-bugs Pollinator An animal that moves pollen from flower to flower fun-insects-and-bugs Larva The young, wormlike stage of many insects fun-insects-and-bugs Pupa The resting stage when a larva changes fun-insects-and-bugs Nymph A young insect that looks like a small adult fun-insects-and-bugs Compound eye An eye made of many tiny lenses fun-insects-and-bugs Hive A beehive where honeybees live fun-insects-and-bugs Queen bee The bee that lays all the eggs fun-insects-and-bugs Worker bee A bee that gathers food and cares for the hive fun-insects-and-bugs Waggle dance A honeybee dance that tells where flowers are fun-insects-and-bugs Entomologist A scientist who studies insects fun-insects-and-bugs Camouflage Colors that help an animal hide fun-insects-and-bugs Swarm A large group of flying insects fun-insects-and-bugs Locust A kind of grasshopper that can swarm fun-insects-and-bugs Leafcutter ant Cuts leaves to grow fungus for food fun-insects-and-bugs Water strider An insect that walks on water fun-insects-and-bugs Mayfly An insect that lives only a short time as an adult fun-insects-and-bugs