Across
- 1. An insect that has long, narrow, hairy wings that infest and feed on weeds or crops.
- 3. A North American wildcat; has a brown coat and black spots
- 6. A domesticated, red-eyed, pole cat which are used to drive rabbits and rats out of their burrows in Europe
- 7. A buffy-gray, canid; Has large ears and narrow muzzle
- 9. An external parasite that other animals and humans, these insects are vectors of diseases
- 10. A nocturnal insect that has a large, movable pair of pincers at the end of the belly
- 11. A slender parrot; has a long, pointed tail; often kept as pets; several of these are endangered
- 13. The female of the species sucks blood from animals and humans that can transmit certain diseases
- 16. An arboreal, bushy-tailed rodent of the family sciuridae
- 17. An insect with clubbed antennae, a slender and large, broad marked wings.
- 18. A tailless amphibian that lives in damp or semi-aquatic, areas
- 20. A large spotted carnivore in Asia or Africa; Tawny with black markings
- 23. An insect with a flattened body, rapid movements, and nocturnal habits
- 25. A medium-sized, nocturnal mammal native to Africa; has strong claws; feeds on ants and termites
- 26. A segmented worm that likes to suck blood or tissue from other animals
Down
- 2. A soft-furred, rodent-like burrowing mammal; has large ears
- 4. A pale-colored, soft-bodied, chiefly tropical social insects; feeds on wood
- 5. A jumping insect with long antennae; Males have high-pitched sounding organs on their forewings
- 8. Has large multifaceted eyes, two strong pairs of wings, sometimes with colored patches
- 12. This species and dragonflies are similar, but with smaller, slimmer bodies; Wings fold around body when at rest
- 14. A large, tawny cat commonly known as the mountain lion, puma or panther; Found in North America and South America
- 15. A ground-dwelling insect with powerful hind legs
- 17. A minute, wingless insect that lives in books and paper
- 19. A North American, Brown-furred, Bear; A threatened species except Alaska (One Word)
- 21. A white and black, mammal; rare and restricted in central china; subsists on bamboos
- 22. A five-toed pachyderm with finger-like projections at the end of it's trunk and has ivory tusks
- 24. A domestic fowl; Developed in a number of breeds for it's flesh, eggs, and feathers
- 26. A large, tawny-yellow cat, native to Africa and Southern Asia; has a tufted tail