Creepy Critters
This small and annoying flying insect might drink your blood and leave an itchy bump, but did you know that only the ladies can bite?
Mosquitos
These black and yellow striped insects are quite aggressive if you stumble into their nest!
Unlike some sweeter cousins, they can sting many times!
yellow-jacket wasps
Name 3 different types of flying insects
bees, wasps, moths/butterflies, many beetles, flies, and many more.
Guess the bug for 100 points:
tent caterpillar
What slow-moving, squishy gastropod has a spiral shell on its back to hide in when danger is near?
a snail!
This famous venomous arachnid gets its name from the red hourglass that appears on its abdomen.
black widow spider
These invasive bugs are beautiful, but cause lots of damage to our trees by stealing their sap!
(hint: one of the only bugs Mr. Elijah will ever smush)
Spotted-Lanternflies
Name a type of spider that doesn't use its silk to trap bugs in a web.
wolf spiders, jumping spiders, wandering spiders, fishing spiders, tarantulas
Guess the bug for 200 points:
These long pink and squishy annelids excrete waste that is very helpful in the garden for growing plants!
earthworms!
This parasitic arachnid starts out tiny, but can swell up to the size of a blueberry after drinking its host's blood.
tick
(ticks and spiders both belong to the class of arachnids, but within that class belong to different orders)
(i.e. -- ticks are not spiders)
This invasive insect species gives us itchy bites, originally comes from Asia, and first arrived in America from eggs that hatched in puddles on a cargo ship.
Asian Tiger Mosquito
TRIPLE 300!
For a total of 900 points:
Tell Mr. Elijah a cool or interesting bug fact that he's never heard before!
I hope you wowed me your bug knowledge!
If 900 points was just won, the opposite team now has a chance to win back 300 points, with no steals.
If applicable, then for 300 sneaky points:
This well-camouflaged bug is quite long and thin, but despite its size it looks just like part of a plant when standing still.
Guess the bug for 300 points:
ladybug (larva)
This chunky, sometimes clumsy bee chews and tunnels through wood to create its nests.
carpenter bee
This bug is fast and sneaky, has many many legs, and is often found in basements (or other dark and damp places.) It gets its name from its tendency to sneak inside human dwellings.
House centipede
Dragonflies have two pairs of wings; this insect looks very similar, but it only has one pair of wings instead.
Damselfly
YOU FOUND THE MEGA MYSTERY QUESTION!
Both teams will have a chance to answer, starting with the team who picked this tile!
Each team gets 3 guesses, alternating in order. Each answer may only be chosen once. 400 points are earned for each correct answer!
Your question is: Which of these insects has a proboscis? (a straw-like mouth part) (5/10)
A) mosquito B) yellow-jacket C) assassin bug
D) hawk-moth E) grasshopper F) dung beetle
G) cicada H) dragonfly I) firefly J) aphid
ANSWERS:
mosquito, assassin bug, hawk-moth, cicada, aphid
(A, C, D, G, J)
Guess the bug for 400 points:
damselfly
(damselflies have one pair of wings, dragonflies have two)
This crafty spider creates a burrow with a lid to hide underneath, and when prey wanders too close, it pops up to grab them!
trap-door spider
This large colorful wasp with a painful sting gets its name from the way it hunts down some of the biggest spiders in the world.
(hint: two words, one is the type of spider, one is another animal that is a swift hunter)
Tarantula Hawk Wasp
Did you know that grasshoppers can fly?
Anyways...
What two body parts does a grasshopper use to sing?
The leg and the wing
(the grasshopper moves its leg to rub small spines against a scraper on the wing)
LUCKY 500:
The first incorrect answer will be forgiven and not end the turn, however, chance to steal returns upon the second incorrect answer.
For 500 points:
Name 5 different species (or types) of beetles.
Examples include, but certainly not limited to:
fireflies, rove beetles, blister beetles, Hercules beetle, ladybug, june bug, etc.
Guess the bug for 500 points:
Hercules beetle, a type of rhinoceros beetle
These insects are small but found in great numbers, and they have a painful sting! They can't fly, but they can link their bodies together into a floating structure that sits on the surface of the water when floods come!
fire ants
(red imported fire ant)