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Across
  1. 5. Striped, stinging insect often seen at picnics or near garbage
  2. 7. Tiny, slender insect that feeds on plants by sucking their juices
  3. 10. Short-lived insect with delicate wings, often seen near freshwater
  4. 12. Tiny, jumping parasite often found on pets
  5. 14. Red or orange beetle with black spots, often considered a good luck symbol
  6. 17. Wood-eating insect that lives in colonies and causes structural damage
  7. 18. Agile flier with large eyes, often seen around water
  8. 20. Insect known for its bioluminescence, lighting up the night sky
  9. 21. Insect that produces honey and plays a crucial role in pollination
  10. 24. Actually a wasp, known for its velvety appearance and painful sting
  11. 25. Small beetle known for its long snout and crop-damaging habits
  12. 26. Leaping insect with long hind legs, known for its chirping sound
  13. 27. Small parasitic insect known for feeding on human blood while they sleep
  14. 29. Insect that walks on water, using surface tension to stay afloat
  15. 33. Small, aggressive insect known for its painful sting
  16. 36. Larval stage of butterflies and moths, known for its voracious appetite
  17. 38. Large beetle with prominent horns, named after a mythological hero
  18. 39. Bloodsucking insect often associated with summer evenings
  19. 40. Camouflaged insect resembling a twig, known for its stillness
  20. 42. Small flying insect often found in swarms, particularly around water
  21. 44. Small social creature known for carrying many times its weight
  22. 45. Predatory insect known for its upright stance and grasping front legs
  23. 46. Nocturnal cousin of the butterfly, often attracted to light sources
Down
  1. 1. Insect that releases a foul odor as a defense mechanism
  2. 2. Insect with predatory larvae that create funnel-shaped traps in sand
  3. 3. Winged insect that undergoes metamorphosis from a caterpillar
  4. 4. Insect known for its loud, buzzing mating calls during the summer
  5. 6. Type of butterfly with distinctive tail-like extensions on its wings
  6. 8. Larger relative of the wasp, known for its painful sting
  7. 9. Small insect that jumps between plants, feeding on sap
  8. 11. Small, wingless parasite that infests hair or feathers
  9. 13. Insect known for burrowing into wood to build nests
  10. 15. Insect known for rolling animal feces into balls for food or breeding
  11. 16. Insect known for its chirping sound, often associated with nighttime
  12. 19. Insect with delicate, transparent wings, known for feeding on aphids
  13. 22. Aquatic insect known for building protective cases out of debris
  14. 23. Insect known for its buzzing sound and affinity for garbage
  15. 28. Small, wingless insect with silvery scales and a love for paper
  16. 30. A plant pest, a type of aphid, that feeds on plant sap
  17. 31. Insect with pincers on its abdomen, often found in dark, damp places
  18. 32. Insect with a hard exoskeleton and distinctive wing covers
  19. 34. Large insect known for its extremely painful sting
  20. 35. Stinging insect that builds papery nests, sometimes mistaken for bees
  21. 37. Insect that carries pieces of leaves back to its nest for fungus farming
  22. 41. Hardy insect often found in urban environments, considered a pest
  23. 43. Small sap-sucking insect that can damage plants