Ants
Spiders
Bees
"C" Bugs
Can you name this bug?
Final Jeopardy
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
Final Jeopardy Category:
Bugs in Movies
Featured in a 1940 animated Disney movie, this bug sang a song that is widely considered to be the signature song of the Walt Disney Company.
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
The number of eyes a bee has.
What is five?
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?
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
Female bees in the hive (except the queen) are called this -- suggesting that they are not lazy.
What are worker bees?
300
One type of this very-loud bug surfaces en masse after 17 years underground sucking sap from tree roots.
What are cicadas?
300
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!
What is the rhinoceros beetle?
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
Bees communicate with their hive-mates through this dance.
What is the waggle dance?
400
This bug, which chirps by rubbing its wings together, is said to be 10 times more efficient as a food source than cattle than grass.
What are crickets?
400
This cochineal beetle is used to produce this beautiful color, often used in food and fabrics?
What is carmine red?
500
The number of stomachs an ant has
What is two?
500
This spider is called this because its body is quite small compared to length of its legs.
What is a daddy longlegs spider?
500
Male bees in the hive are called this -- which is also a term for a pilotless aircraft.
What are drones?
500
When these tiny, red bugs bite you, your skin can itch for several days.
What are chiggers?
500
This wasp, not your typical social wasp, uses its long ovipositor to lay its own eggs in the eggs/larvae of other insects.
What is an ichneumonid wasp?