Insects

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Across
  1. 2. a small bloodsucking insect that has no wings and a hard body.
  2. 6. a small rounded beetle that is often brightly colored and spotted and feeds mostly on other insects.
  3. 7. a tiny animal with eight legs that is related to the spider and attaches itself to humans and animals from which it sucks blood.
  4. 11. the wormlike larva of an insect and usually a butterfly or moth.
  5. 12. an insect with four wings that is related to the wasps, gathers pollen and nectar from flowers.
  6. 13. a type of insect that actually looks like a stick.
  7. 14. a small leaping insect noted for the chirping sound made by the males rubbing part of the wings together.
Down
  1. 1. are insects that have long bodies, transparent wings, and large eyes.
  2. 3. a winged insect you can see in your house.
  3. 4. an insect with a flat body and long antennae that lives in most parts of the world.
  4. 5. an insect that has a slender body and large colored wings covered with tiny overlapping scales and that flies mostly in the daytime.
  5. 8. insect that usually flies at night and has mostly feathery antennae and stouter body, duller coloring, and smaller wings than the related butterflies.
  6. 9. a usually long creeping or crawling animal that has a soft body.
  7. 10. a small animal with eight legs and a body made up of two parts.
  8. 12. insect that has hardened front wings. These front wings are not used for flying. Instead, they cover and protect a second pair of wings.