Bug of the Year 2026

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Across
  1. 4. This NZ native is also known as a "rolly-polly"!
  2. 6. What cicada shares a name with a violet flower?
  3. 8. This weevil looks a bit knobbly...
  4. 9. That's one GIANT pill to swallow!
  5. 12. This resident of the kauri bush gets a hard rap, but is even hardier!
  6. 14. This blue heroine is no damsel in distress!
  7. 15. A type of shrimp that isn't yet a frog.
  8. 16. A location on the Awakino, and the home of this giant!
  9. 18. This moth was named after a movie about mining, nature, and blue people.
  10. 20. This one glows in the dark! (a little)
  11. 21. This amber slimer takes things slow.
Down
  1. 1. This psyllid's namesake hails from The Shire.
  2. 2. Slinking under rocks and as ____ as a pancake!
  3. 3. This wasp's and its namesake both have a hunched back.
  4. 5. Twinkling sapphire emerging from an eight-legged crib.
  5. 7. A favourite place for a special, small wetapunga.
  6. 10. This caddisfly loves a beachfront (and waterfront) bach.
  7. 11. Somewhere between a single and triple-spined stick insect...
  8. 13. This cenoMITE might have a thing for pain...
  9. 17. Does not live in ears!
  10. 19. Shelob in Lord of the Rings.