Bugs

Ants

Spiders

Bees

"C" Bugs

Weird, Scary Bugs (worth twice the listed points)

Butterflies

100

The number of legs that an ant has

What is six?

100

The number of legs a spider has

What is eight?

100

While bumblebees are round and fuzzy; this sweet-sounding bee is smaller and thinner.

What is a honeybee?

100

These elongated bugs are venomous and can inflict painful bites; and despite their name, have anywhere between 30 and 354 legs.

What are centipedes?

100

This bug, which eats mostly dead insects, is called this type of fly because of how much it looks like another animal that is poisonous!

What is the scorpion fly?

100

What happens to a caterpillar AFTER it is a caterpillar?

A cocoon/chrysalis

200

The name for this ant stems from two important details about the insect. First, their coloring is red. Secondly, these bugs inflict a painful, burning bite on their victims.

What are fire ants?

200

This type of spider (pictured here with its 8 eyes) is named after a large mammal that travels in packs.

What is a wolf spider?

200

John Belushi's SNL character was named after this type of bee.

What is a killer bee?

200

This nocturnal bug is especially hardy. Some say it can live up to three months without food, one month without water, and up to a week without its head.

What are cockroaches?

200

This bug that is part of the treehopper family is called this type of bug because of how it looks!

What is the thorn bug?

200

What happened to a caterpillar BEFORE it was a caterpillar?

It was an egg!

300

Ironically, the name of this very common black ant is also the name of the occupation of the person you might need to hire because of the damage this ant can do.

What is carpenter ant?

300

This spider earned its name because scientists witnessed the females eat their mates after copulation.

What is a black widow spider?

300

Male bees in the hive are called this -- which is also a term for a pilotless aircraft.

What are drones?

300

One type of this very-loud bug surfaces en masse after 17 years underground sucking sap from tree roots.

What are cicadas?

300

This giant bug, which has super strong jaws that can easily slice a pencil in half, is this type of beetle -- which happens to be the mascot name of a current division-leading NFL team.

What is the titan beetle?

300

What happens in the BEGINNING of a butterfly's life cycle?

It is an egg!

400

As their name suggests, this type of ant is often found parading leaf pieces along the rainforest floor of Central and South America.

What are leafcutter ants?

400

The Brazilian wandering spider, one of the most venoumous spiders in the world, is also named this because this fruit is grown in Brazil.

What is the banana spider?

400

Female bees in the hive (except the queen) are called this -- suggesting that they are not lazy.

What are worker bees?

400

This bug, which chirps by rubbing its wings together, is said to be 10 times more efficient as a food source than cattle and 100 times more water efficient to raise.

What are crickets?

400

The Hercules beetle is also called this type of beetle, which makes sense both for its long horn and because it is the strongest creature on Earth for its size — it can carry 850 times its weight!