Bug Life Styles
Bug Bodies
Bugs in Pop Culture
Insect Adaptations
Name that bug
100
I am a bug that feeds from flowers and unintentionally moves pollen.
I am a pollinator
100
What are the three body parts of an insect?
The three body parts are the head, the thorax, and the abdomen.
100
Among the elephants balancing on balls and lions being tamed, you may see these bugs doing tricks at the circus if you look close enough. Don't get too close though, or you may find yourself scratching uncontrollably!
Fleas
100
Slugs produce this in order to slide across the ground
Mucus
100
This bug uses bioluminescence to attract a mate.
Firefly
200
I am a bug that eats dead leaves, dead trees, and other dead things.
I am a decomposer.
200
What is the name of a butterfly's mouth part?
A proboscis
200
This bug is so famous it got its own movie titled The ___ Movie
Bee
200
When cicadas emerge from underground in order to become adults, they do what with their exoskeletons?
They molt.
200
This bug lives in a colony in a home made of paper, and can sting multiple times
Paper Wasp
300
I am a bug that eats only live leaves and other plant material.
I am an herbivore.
300
What are the hard, protective wings of beetles called?
Elytra
300
When someone is an unnoticed observer in a situation, we might use the phrase "a ___on the wall" to describe them
Fly
300
Flies are one example of an insect that has this special adaptation that helps they avoid getting swatted.
Compound eyes
300
This bug is a red and black beetle that love to eat aphids.
Ladybug or Ladybird Beetle
400
I am a bug that preys on other critters.
I am a carnivore.
400
What is the silk producing part of a spider called?
A spinneret
400
Name the superhero that uses his bug senses to fight crime
Spiderman
400
These insects use a proboscis to drink nectar from long tubular flowers.
Butterflies and moths
400
This bug lives most of its life underground, but will emerge after 17 years to molt and begin its adult stage. As an adult this bug's only goal is to find a mate.
17-year Periodical Cicada
500
I am a bug that needs the help of another critter in order to complete my lifecycle.
I am a parasite.
500
What is the name of an ant's mouth part?
Mandibles
500
The pokemon scyther was inspired by what insect?
Praying Mantis
500
This bug is able to ward off most predators because of its bright warning colors and the foul-tasting, poisonous chemicals that have built up in its body from eating milkweed.
Monarch Butterfly
500
According to Schmidt Sting Pain Index, this South American bug produces the most painful insect sting on the planet.
Bullet Ant