Pets and Animals 5

2. a minute insect which has four pairs of legs when adult, related to the ticks.
5. a social winged insect that has a narrow waist and a sting.
8. insect easily distinguished from butterflies by its nocturnal activity, hairy antennae and fat body.
10. a burrowing, gregarious, plant-eating mammal with long ears, long hind legs, and a short tail.
11. an American marsupial which has a naked prehensile tail and hind feet with an opposable thumb.
13. a reptile that typically has a long body and tail, four legs, movable eyelids, and a rough, scaly, or spiny skin.
14. either of two small wingless parasitic insects that live on the skin of mammals and birds.

1. the egg of a head louse or another parasitic insect attached to a human hair.
3. an invertebrate with an elongated body composed of many segments, most of which bear two pairs of legs.
4. an external parasite, living by feeding on the blood of mammals, birds, and sometimes reptiles and amphibians.
6. a terrestrial arachnid with pincers similar to those of a lobster and a poisonous sting at the end of its jointed tail
7. a stoutly built fly, the female of which is a bloodsucker and inflicts painful bites on horses and other mammals, including humans.
9. a large stinging wasp that typically nests in hollow trees.
12. small mammal adapted to a subterranean lifestyle.