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Butterflies crossword

Clues across and down, at three difficulties, and it prints with the answer key.

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Butterflies123456789101112131415

Across

  • 2 Six-legged animal group these belong to
  • 4 Hard case a caterpillar forms before becoming an adult
  • 9 Orange and black traveler that winters in Mexico
  • 10 Plant whose leaves feed monarch young
  • 12 Crawling larva stage with many legs
  • 13 Carry powder from bloom to bloom
  • 14 Pair of club-tipped feelers on the head

Down

  • 1 Tiny dusty tiles that color the wings
  • 3 Coiled straw-like mouthpart
  • 5 Large yellow flier named for its pointed hind wings
  • 6 Coloring that hides a resting flier from birds
  • 7 Mostly nighttime cousin that spins a cocoon
  • 8 Planted yard spot where they gather
  • 11 Long seasonal journey south
  • 15 Sweet flower liquid sipped for food

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Butterflies1S2INSECTAL3PE4CHRYSALI5SOWBAOL6C7M8GSLA9MONARCHO10MILKWEEDTRI11MWOHDSITUEGAFN12CATERPILLARALATG13POLLINATEO14A15NTENNAEECTAR
  1. 1 down: SCALES. Tiny dusty tiles that color the wings
  2. 2 across: INSECT. Six-legged animal group these belong to
  3. 3 down: PROBOSCIS. Coiled straw-like mouthpart
  4. 4 across: CHRYSALIS. Hard case a caterpillar forms before becoming an adult
  5. 5 down: SWALLOWTAIL. Large yellow flier named for its pointed hind wings
  6. 6 down: CAMOUFLAGE. Coloring that hides a resting flier from birds
  7. 7 down: MOTH. Mostly nighttime cousin that spins a cocoon
  8. 8 down: GARDEN. Planted yard spot where they gather
  9. 9 across: MONARCH. Orange and black traveler that winters in Mexico
  10. 10 across: MILKWEED. Plant whose leaves feed monarch young
  11. 11 down: MIGRATION. Long seasonal journey south
  12. 12 across: CATERPILLAR. Crawling larva stage with many legs
  13. 13 across: POLLINATE. Carry powder from bloom to bloom
  14. 14 across: ANTENNAE. Pair of club-tipped feelers on the head
  15. 15 down: NECTAR. Sweet flower liquid sipped for food
Butterflies12345678910111213

Across

  • 3 Orange and black traveler that winters in Mexico
  • 6 Planted yard spot where they gather
  • 7 Coloring that hides a resting flier from birds
  • 10 Crawling larva stage with many legs
  • 11 Pair of club-tipped feelers on the head
  • 12 Coiled straw-like mouthpart
  • 13 Sweet flower liquid sipped for food

Down

  • 1 Mostly nighttime cousin that spins a cocoon
  • 2 Tiny dusty tiles that color the wings
  • 3 Plant whose leaves feed monarch young
  • 4 Six-legged animal group these belong to
  • 5 Large yellow flier named for its pointed hind wings
  • 8 Long seasonal journey south
  • 9 Hard case a caterpillar forms before becoming an adult
  • 12 Carry powder from bloom to bloom

Print the page above, or take the medium grid as a PDF. Both carry the answer key, and large print is a setting rather than a separate file.

Show the answer key
Butterflies1M2SOCT3MONARCH4I5SIL6GARDENWLESAKSELW7CA8MOUFLAGETIOEGWDR9CTAHA10CATERPILLARIYLOS11ANTENNAEL12PROBOSCISOSLLINA13NECTARE
  1. 1 down: MOTH. Mostly nighttime cousin that spins a cocoon
  2. 2 down: SCALES. Tiny dusty tiles that color the wings
  3. 3 across: MONARCH. Orange and black traveler that winters in Mexico
  4. 3 down: MILKWEED. Plant whose leaves feed monarch young
  5. 4 down: INSECT. Six-legged animal group these belong to
  6. 5 down: SWALLOWTAIL. Large yellow flier named for its pointed hind wings
  7. 6 across: GARDEN. Planted yard spot where they gather
  8. 7 across: CAMOUFLAGE. Coloring that hides a resting flier from birds
  9. 8 down: MIGRATION. Long seasonal journey south
  10. 9 down: CHRYSALIS. Hard case a caterpillar forms before becoming an adult
  11. 10 across: CATERPILLAR. Crawling larva stage with many legs
  12. 11 across: ANTENNAE. Pair of club-tipped feelers on the head
  13. 12 across: PROBOSCIS. Coiled straw-like mouthpart
  14. 12 down: POLLINATE. Carry powder from bloom to bloom
  15. 13 across: NECTAR. Sweet flower liquid sipped for food
Butterflies1234567891011121314

Across

  • 2 Tiny dusty tiles that color the wings
  • 3 Coloring that hides a resting flier from birds
  • 4 Mostly nighttime cousin that spins a cocoon
  • 7 Crawling larva stage with many legs
  • 8 Six-legged animal group these belong to
  • 10 Coiled straw-like mouthpart
  • 11 Pair of club-tipped feelers on the head
  • 13 Plant whose leaves feed monarch young
  • 14 Orange and black traveler that winters in Mexico

Down

  • 1 Large yellow flier named for its pointed hind wings
  • 3 Hard case a caterpillar forms before becoming an adult
  • 5 Carry powder from bloom to bloom
  • 6 Sweet flower liquid sipped for food
  • 9 Long seasonal journey south
  • 12 Planted yard spot where they gather

Print the page above, or take the hard grid as a PDF. Both carry the answer key, and large print is a setting rather than a separate file.

Show the answer key
Butterflies1SW2SCALESLL3CAMOUFLAGE4MOTHW5PRT6NOY7CATERPILLARSICLALTILA8INSECTI9MRA10PROBOSCIS11ANTENNAEGER12GAATR13MILKWEEDOE14MONARCHN
  1. 1 down: SWALLOWTAIL. Large yellow flier named for its pointed hind wings
  2. 2 across: SCALES. Tiny dusty tiles that color the wings
  3. 3 across: CAMOUFLAGE. Coloring that hides a resting flier from birds
  4. 3 down: CHRYSALIS. Hard case a caterpillar forms before becoming an adult
  5. 4 across: MOTH. Mostly nighttime cousin that spins a cocoon
  6. 5 down: POLLINATE. Carry powder from bloom to bloom
  7. 6 down: NECTAR. Sweet flower liquid sipped for food
  8. 7 across: CATERPILLAR. Crawling larva stage with many legs
  9. 8 across: INSECT. Six-legged animal group these belong to
  10. 9 down: MIGRATION. Long seasonal journey south
  11. 10 across: PROBOSCIS. Coiled straw-like mouthpart
  12. 11 across: ANTENNAE. Pair of club-tipped feelers on the head
  13. 12 down: GARDEN. Planted yard spot where they gather
  14. 13 across: MILKWEED. Plant whose leaves feed monarch young
  15. 14 across: MONARCH. Orange and black traveler that winters in Mexico

About Butterflies

A butterfly starts life as a caterpillar with chewing mouthparts and ends it sipping through a coiled proboscis, a rebuild that happens inside the chrysalis. Its wings are covered in tiny overlapping scales that give them color and rub off as powder on your fingers. Monarchs feed only on milkweed as larvae, and North American populations travel thousands of miles toward wintering grounds. Along the way, butterflies move pollen between flowers, quietly doing work most people credit entirely to bees.

Reach for this in a science unit on life cycles or metamorphosis, or beside a pollinator garden project in spring.

What is in this crossword

A 21 by 25 crossword with 7 across and 8 down, on the subject of Butterflies.

Grid
21 x 25
Across
7
Down
8
Longest answer
SWALLOWTAIL (11 letters)

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