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Insect Vocabulary?
100

All insects have this many body parts.

3

100

The queen bee has one job to perform. But it keeps her buzzzzy!

Lay eggs

100

These insects often live in a hive.

Bees

100

These insects can carry 20 to 50 times their own weight. It would be like you lifting a cow!

Ants

100

Another word for mouthparts. Hint, it also starts with an M!

Mandible

200

All insects have this many legs.

6

200

Butterflies taste with these.

Feet

200

These industrious creatures may build whole cities underground called "nests".

Ants

200

Thanks to these creatures we have honey.

Bees

200

Bonus eyes on some insects forehead

Ocelli

300

Insects have this kind of skeleton.

Exoskeleton

300

This winged insect will scoop its dinner in midair and eat on the "fly". 

Dragonfly

300

Butterflies will lay eggs on this food source.

Leaves

300

The name for someone who studies insects.

Entomologist

300

The word for all different colors and patterns of insects.

Kaleidoscope

400

A grasshopper's ears are located on this part of their body.

Legs

400

Not usually a flying insect, this ground crawler is born with wings to fly away and start a new nest. Then she loses her wings and gets busy laying eggs.

Queen ant

400

Dragonflies need to lay there eggs in or near this.

Water

400

These insects are a clean up crew for other creatures waste.

Dung beetle

400

A six-legged creature can also be called this kind of

 -pod

Hexapod

500

The honey pot ant stores nectar in this part of their body.

Abdomen

500

This winged insect flies all the way to Mexico during the cold season.

Monarch Butterfly

500

These bioluminescent insects live near the edge of a forest or field.

Fireflies or Lightning bugs

500

Many insects perform this job by flying from flower to flower to flower...

Pollination

500
The word for something that eats dead plants.

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