Insect Traits
This part of the insect contains the eyes and sometimes antennae.
What is the head?
It eats only plants and can jump 10-20 times its own body length.
What is a grasshopper?
I am round, yellow, orange or red with black spots on my wing covers.
Who is a ladybug?
Many people mistake this web spinner for an insect but it is not.
What is a spider?
Insects have this number of body parts.
What is three?
Its wings are orange and yellow, and migrates great distances in the winter. In its pupa stage it forms a chrysalis.
What is a monarch butterfly?
I am a social insect who lives in hives and produces a tasty sticky substance.
Who is a honey bee?
It lives in hills, logs or the cracks of sidewalks and have jaws that open sideways.
What is an ant?
I am a fierce hunter and have the ability to fly backwards.
Who is a dragonfly?
Worker bees feed this to bee larvae.
What is bee bread?
This is the back section of an insect that holds its digestive tract.
What is the abdomen?
It lives in warm climates, eats other insects, and has a triangular shaped head.
What is a praying mantis?
I am very aggressive. I live in a colony and build paper nests.
Who is a wasp?
Mosquitos have this many stages to its life cycle.
What are four?
The legs on an insect are attached to this body part.
What is a thorax?
It looks like a twig, eat stems and plants only at night, and have three stages in my development.
What is a walking stick?
I am found near water sources and the female of my kind like to bite humans.
Who is a mosquito?
Worker bees do this to communicate to other bees where to find food.
What is dance?