Words with "ptera"
Greek root, meaning wings
ptera
Surrealist artist, first word of this club
Picasso Bug
Mirror/Sequin Spider, most of the world's craziest animals are found here, Pacific Ocean
Australia
Bright colors (or white) next to black, sometimes in patterns, to let predators know to back off!!
Warning Coloration/Aposematism
Makes the longest migration across North America, famously displaying black and orange aposematism
Monarch Butterfly
True bugs! Can be "half" winged or "different" winged
Hemiptera/Heteroptera
The tallest mammal on the African savannah, beetles known for their long snouts
Giraffe Weevil
_____ Angle Winged Katydid and Red Banded Leafhopper, this state alone is also the fifth largest economy in the world
California
To undergo change, most famously in moths and butterflies
Metamorphsis
Known for her red "hourglass figure", also an Avenger!
Black Widow
Order containing moths and butterflies; scaly-winged
Lepidoptera
Island off the east coast of Africa, an event that signals the end of the day, fluffy cousin of the butterfly
Madagascar Sunset Moth
Sunset Moth and Giraffe Weevil are endemic here (as almost all the flora and fauna of this island are)
Madagascar
Type of camouflage to imitate another predator or a toxic animal
Mimicry
Responsible for nearly all the world's produce, and for an incredibly strange Dreamworks movie
Honey Bee
The most dominant group on the planet, meaning sheath and wing
Coleoptera
Spiderverse villain, body part used for flying, clearing in a forest, bird of prey you might find around here
Spot-Winged Meadowhawk
Home to the critcally endangered Mission Blue Butterfly, also the third largest city in California
Sometimes the female is much larger, sometimes the male is a different color, occurs in most insect (and spider) species
Sexual Dimorphism
Subfamily of scarab beetles that is fairly common in Southern California, name also correlates to the month when they commonly appear
June Bugs/Beetles
Acts as a weight at the end of a dragonfly's wing to help them balance, meaning wing and brand/mark
pterostigma
Popular Conan Gray song (also a musical minus the plural), arthropod known for their "pinchers", most famous of the arachnids
Heather Crab Spider
Broad region spanning from the Indian to the Pacific Ocean, home to some of the most colorful insects (that are also Lette's favorites) such as the Orchid Mantis and Atlas Moth
South/Southeast Asia
Type of camouflage used to blend in completely with the environment, NOT to mimic an item in the environment
Concealment Camouflage
The most painful sting of anything in the animal kingdom, said to hurt as much as its namesake
Bullet Ant