Across
- 1. Fly whose color is the opposite of white
- 5. Bug found in a computer mainframe at Harvard by Grace Hopper in 1947
- 6. Butterfly that has “tiger” stripes on its wings
- 8. Bird whose name begins with “mourning” but has a cheery morning song
- 9. Insect “measuring the marigolds” from the musical film, “Hans Christian Andersen”
- 13. Colorful songbirds - the canary is included in the species
- 15. Use their legs and wings to communicate
- 17. Swarm in large groups and are attracted to body odor
- 20. Moth that defoliated trees in the Northeast a few years ago (hint: “gypsy”is not PC)
- 21. Can eat as much as, and sometimes more than, their weight in one day
- 24. Incredible jumpers that have five eyes
- 26. First name of 6 across
- 28. Create tunnels as they move through the soil which allow water to penetrate deeper into the ground
- 29. These insects emerge in seventeen-year cycles in the Northeast
- 30. A subset of insects that have sucking mouth parts
- 31. Burrow underground in winter leaving a shallow tunnel just above the surface of the ground - a.k.a. meadow mice
Down
- 2. Their expandable cheek pouches store and carry food
- 3. Harbinger of spring
- 4. These bugs eat wood
- 7. Includes 75,000 species - not all of these are bugs
- 10. Can fly backwards and stop in mid-air
- 11. Butterfly that takes multiple generations to complete its full round-trip migration cycle between North America and central Mexico
- 12. Pollinators
- 14. Last name of the American computer scientist who found 22 across
- 16. These ants chew through wood but do not eat it
- 18. Birds that stick together
- 19. Goes with 24 across
- 22. Bloodsuckers
- 23. Found near freshwater, has transparent wings, and nearly 360 degree vision
- 25. Spins a web
- 27. The color of robin’s eggs