Across
- 2. a small bloodsucking insect that has no wings and a hard body.
- 6. a small rounded beetle that is often brightly colored and spotted and feeds mostly on other insects.
- 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.
- 11. the wormlike larva of an insect and usually a butterfly or moth.
- 12. an insect with four wings that is related to the wasps, gathers pollen and nectar from flowers.
- 13. a type of insect that actually looks like a stick.
- 14. a small leaping insect noted for the chirping sound made by the males rubbing part of the wings together.
Down
- 1. are insects that have long bodies, transparent wings, and large eyes.
- 3. a winged insect you can see in your house.
- 4. an insect with a flat body and long antennae that lives in most parts of the world.
- 5. an insect that has a slender body and large colored wings covered with tiny overlapping scales and that flies mostly in the daytime.
- 8. insect that usually flies at night and has mostly feathery antennae and stouter body, duller coloring, and smaller wings than the related butterflies.
- 9. a usually long creeping or crawling animal that has a soft body.
- 10. a small animal with eight legs and a body made up of two parts.
- 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.