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Insects and Bugs
Insects, spiders and other creepy-crawlies.
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- LadybugBugA beetle with spots that eats aphids
- HoneybeeBugMakes honey and pollinates flowers
- BumblebeeBugA big fuzzy bee
- ButterflyBugHas colorful wings and drinks nectar
- MothBugA winged insect that often flies at night
- DragonflyBugA fast flyer with two pairs of wings
- GrasshopperBugJumps with strong back legs
- CricketBugChirps by rubbing its wings together
- Praying mantisBugA hunter that holds its front legs like it is praying
- FireflyBugA beetle that glows to find friends
- AntBugLives in colonies and works as a team
- TermiteBugChews wood and builds mounds
- MosquitoBugFemale bites to drink blood
- HouseflyBugTastes with its feet
- BeetleBugHas hard wing covers; the biggest group of insects
- Stag beetleBugA beetle with large jaws like antlers
- Dung beetleBugRolls balls of dung
- CicadaBugSpends years underground, then sings loudly
- Walking stickBugAn insect that looks like a twig
- AphidBugA tiny insect that sucks plant juices
- FleaBugA tiny jumper
- EarwigBugAn insect with pincers on its tail
- CockroachBugA tough insect that has been around since before dinosaurs
- WaspBugA stinging insect that builds paper nests
- HornetBugA large kind of wasp
- CaterpillarBugThe larva of a butterfly or moth
- ChrysalisBugThe case a butterfly caterpillar forms to change inside
- CocoonBugThe silk case many moth caterpillars spin
- MetamorphosisBugA big body change, like caterpillar to butterfly
- Monarch butterflyBugMigrates thousands of miles to Mexico
- Luna mothBugA big pale green moth
- SilkwormBugA caterpillar whose cocoon gives us silk
- SpiderBugNot an insect: it has eight legs
- Black widowBugA spider with a red hourglass mark; wild ones are best left alone
- TarantulaBugA large hairy spider
- Orb weaverBugA spider that spins round webs
- Jumping spiderBugA tiny spider with good eyes that leaps on prey
- ScorpionBugA relative of spiders with a stinging tail
- TickBugA tiny spider relative that feeds on blood
- CentipedeBugHas one pair of legs per body segment
- MillipedeBugHas two pairs of legs per segment
- Pill bugBugAlso called a roly-poly; it curls into a ball
- SnailBugNot an insect; it is a mollusk
- EarthwormBugNot an insect; it helps soil
- How many legs does an insect have?BugSix
- How many body parts does an insect have?BugThree: head, thorax and abdomen
- How many legs does a spider have?BugEight
- AntennaeBugFeelers used to smell and touch
- ExoskeletonBugA hard outside skeleton
- PollinatorBugAn animal that moves pollen from flower to flower
- LarvaBugThe young, wormlike stage of many insects
- PupaBugThe resting stage when a larva changes
- NymphBugA young insect that looks like a small adult
- Compound eyeBugAn eye made of many tiny lenses
- HiveBugA beehive where honeybees live
- Queen beeBugThe bee that lays all the eggs
- Worker beeBugA bee that gathers food and cares for the hive
- Waggle danceBugA honeybee dance that tells where flowers are
- EntomologistBugA scientist who studies insects
- CamouflageBugColors that help an animal hide
- SwarmBugA large group of flying insects
- LocustBugA kind of grasshopper that can swarm
- Leafcutter antBugCuts leaves to grow fungus for food
- Water striderBugAn insect that walks on water
- MayflyBugAn insect that lives only a short time as an adult
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