Bug Basics
This bug often lives in big colonies and loves crumbs?
What is an ant
This long, wiggly creature has segments and lives in soil
What is a worm
This insect often floats on water and skates across it.
What is a water strider
This insect can lift things many times heavier than itself.
What is an ant?
This moving rainbow bug is slimy and doesn’t have legs—it’s not an insect!
What is a snail?
This insect has long jumping legs and makes chirping sounds.
What is a crickett
This long, wiggly creature has segments and lives in soil
These insects love gardens and help plants grow by pollinating.
What are butterflies
This insect makes loud buzzing sounds by flapping its wings super fast.
What is a fly?
This bug has huge eyes and beats its wings super fast—it hovers like a helicopter
What is a dragonfly
These insects buzz and can sting if scared.
What is a bee
This insect glows at night in the summer
What is a lighting bug
This insect often hides under rocks or logs where it’s cool and damp.
What is a beetle?
This bug can jump ten times it height
What is a grasshopper?
This armored little crawler looks like it wears a shell and loves to munch leaves.
What is a caterpillar
This insect makes a crunchy sound when you step on dry leaves
What is an isopod/roly-poly
This tiny jumper loves to live with dogs and cats.
What is flea
These insects build their homes out of mud and make little tube-shaped houses.
What is wasp (mud dubber)
This bug can shoot a smelly spray to protect itself from predators.
What is a stink bug
This tiny bug has a red shell with black spots and is considered good luck
What is a lady bug?
This insect has wings and drinks nectar using a long, straw-like mouth.
What is a butterfly
This long insect looks like a twig or a branch.
What is a stick bug
This bug digs tunnels underground and sometimes eats plants at the roots.
What is a beetle larva
This insect can pretend to be dead to avoid being eaten by predators.
What is a beetle?
This tiny bug has a triangle-shaped body and hops from plant to plant.
What is leaf hopper?