Ms. Riddle's Life Cycle Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 2. require host plants to lay; vary in shape and size
- 6. tiny caterpillars begin feeding and growing
- 7. segmented wormlike body with three pairs of true legs and several pairs similar to legs
- 8. molts and forms an encasement
- 10. also known as pupa
Down
- 1. a larva's first meal; provides important nutrients
- 3. number of stages in the butterfly life cycle
- 4. series of major changes in an animal's body
- 5. nectar-feeding insect with two pairs of large, bright colored wings
- 9. splits the pupal case open, crawls out and hangs upside down to stretch and dry its wings