Across
- 2. a substance used for killing insects
- 3. flying unsteadily or hovering by flapping the wings quickly and lightly
- 6. has wings
- 9. to come down from something
- 11. an insect in its inactive immature form between larva and adult
- 14. and eight legged arachnid that spins webs
- 15. a small two-winged fly that resembles a mosquito
- 16. the active immature form of an insect
- 18. making a low, continuous humming or murmuring sound
- 19. movement with you stomach towards the floor
- 20. having a sting; capable of wounding or piercing with a sting
- 22. the larva of a butterfly or moth
- 25. moving or able to move through the air with wings
- 26. a myriapod invertebrate with an elongated body composed of many segments, most of which bear two pairs of legs
- 28. make a continuous low humming sound
Down
- 1. a predatory myriapod invertebrate with a flattened elongated body composed of many segments. Most segments bear a single pair of legs.
- 4. the action or process of converting fibers into thread or yarn
- 5. moving in or forming a large or dense group
- 7. a common blowfly with a metallic-blue body, the female of which often comes into houses searching for a suitable food source on which to lay her eggs
- 8. a young animal that has recently emerged from its egg
- 10. to live in or overrun to an unwanted degree or in a troublesome manner
- 12. a slender long-legged fly with aquatic larvae
- 13. a nectar-feeding insect with two pairs of large, typically brightly colored wings that are covered with microscopic scales
- 17. an invertebrate animal of the large phylum Arthropoda, such as an insect, spider, or crustacean
- 21. insects with four wings and a hard shell that encases the wings
- 23. a pair of long, thin sensory appendages on the heads of insects, crustaceans, and some other arthropods
- 24. the transfer of pollen to a plant to allow fertilization
- 26. a soft-bodied legless larva, especially that of a fly found in decaying matter
- 27. a small arthropod animal that has six legs and generally one or two pairs of wings