Across
- 5. This order is distinguished by the way their abdomen is attached to their thorax-- it is either broadly fused to the thorax, or is narrowly attached by the propodeum. This order includes bees, wasps, and ants.
- 7. This order is distinguished by their scale-covered wings. This order includes moths and butterflies.
- 9. This order is distinguished by their rasping and sucking mouth parts as well as their two pairs of fringed wings with hairs. They are commonly referred to as thrips.
Down
- 1. This order is distinguished by their "half-wings" and their piercing and sucking mouthparts. Examples of insects in this order include stink bugs and cicadas.
- 2. This order has two pairs of membranous wings, large eyes, and an aquatic larval stage. It includes dragonflies and damselflies.
- 3. This order has large legs for jumping, and it includes grasshoppers, crickets, and katydids.
- 4. This order is distinguished by having only one pair of wings, with one pair of modified structures called halters located where the second pair of wings would go. It includes flies.
- 6. This order is distinguished by a hardened elytra. They are commonly known as beetles.
- 8. This order is distinguished by a large pair of pinchers located on the abdominal tip. They are commonly referred to as earwigs.