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InsectsGRVRCYDRAGONFLYIGCCBWEEVILIEALBIBIITAFIREFLYUTDEUEEGTBUTWASPFEEEOLADYBUGFRRCTABUMBLEBEEITPFIINOYETSETCTTNYYTIIMANTISEIBCLIEAIEEEMOTHGBPMARHODBORIQQRFURBNOMITFAALMIACABGAECSTCEFCUEIQEBHBPSEEQBKIHITATIAEORESTGUIERECMIEERIRTBHLHIBTFLALITREPNCROEGTRIDBDCHMVPEEESPYSOTERAATMIIYGTRYPEILEEISDBIMISWITVEWBUTTERFLYROAPHIDRTTITBTUSMUO

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InsectsGRVRCYDRAGONFLYIGCCBWEEVILIEALBIBIITAFIREFLYUTDEUEEGTBUTWASPFEEEOLADYBUGFRRCTABUMBLEBEEITPFIINOYETSETCTTNYYTIIMANTISEIBCLIEAIEEEMOTHGBPMARHODBORIQQRFURBNOMITFAALMIACABGAECSTCEFCUEIQEBHBPSEEQBKIHITATIAEORESTGUIERECMIEERIRTBHLHIBTFLALITREPNCROEGTRIDBDCHMVPEEESPYSOTERAATMIIYGTRYPEILEEISDBIMISWITVEWBUTTERFLYROAPHIDRTTITBTUSMUO
  1. GRASSHOPPER runs top to bottom, starting at row 8, column 7.
  2. DRAGONFLY runs left to right, starting at row 1, column 7.
  3. BUTTERFLY runs left to right, starting at row 17, column 9.
  4. BUMBLEBEE runs left to right, starting at row 5, column 7.
  5. MOSQUITO runs top to bottom, starting at row 8, column 10.
  6. CRICKET runs top to bottom, starting at row 7, column 12.
  7. LADYBUG runs left to right, starting at row 4, column 12.
  8. TERMITE runs top to bottom, starting at row 6, column 18.
  9. FIREFLY runs left to right, starting at row 3, column 2.
  10. BEETLE runs top to bottom, starting at row 9, column 8.
  11. HORNET runs top to bottom, starting at row 11, column 4.
  12. MANTIS runs left to right, starting at row 7, column 3.
  13. CICADA runs top to bottom, starting at row 10, column 15.
  14. WEEVIL runs left to right, starting at row 2, column 3.
  15. APHID runs left to right, starting at row 18, column 2.
  16. MOTH runs left to right, starting at row 8, column 3.
  17. WASP runs left to right, starting at row 4, column 3.
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InsectsWBENELMEYLECETKNERHBTOOECICADADMESREBLTYNTDANEOPVIYTELHOYIERSSOTIELFYGLCTETAQBEELELUFTIPCEPUTBGRFBNEMPUELHIEWIRYOKROSBSOITLFEDGCEHFEOGMDOLTAAITSELMPTBHITLRRYSPBASEGYPUWDCEAEMRANTOGBEREIRIUBWRCMUDQOEIGEBECOSITAUOYYDNECDHMANTIS
  1. GRASSHOPPER runs diagonally up and to the right, starting at row 14, column 5.
  2. DRAGONFLY runs diagonally up and to the right, starting at row 12, column 4.
  3. BUTTERFLY runs diagonally up and to the right, starting at row 13, column 1.
  4. BUMBLEBEE runs diagonally up and to the right, starting at row 14, column 7.
  5. MOSQUITO runs top to bottom, starting at row 3, column 2.
  6. CRICKET runs diagonally up and to the right, starting at row 12, column 5.
  7. LADYBUG runs diagonally up and to the right, starting at row 11, column 4.
  8. TERMITE runs diagonally up and to the right, starting at row 10, column 8.
  9. FIREFLY runs diagonally up and to the right, starting at row 9, column 4.
  10. BEETLE runs diagonally up and to the right, starting at row 7, column 4.
  11. HORNET runs diagonally up and to the right, starting at row 15, column 9.
  12. MANTIS runs left to right, starting at row 15, column 10.
  13. CICADA runs left to right, starting at row 2, column 10.
  14. WEEVIL runs diagonally down and to the right, starting at row 1, column 1.
  15. APHID runs top to bottom, starting at row 6, column 1.
  16. MOTH runs diagonally down and to the right, starting at row 1, column 7.
  17. WASP runs diagonally up and to the right, starting at row 13, column 10.
InsectsTEAPHIDHERABASECHTOMOEGLTUOWRSIHBRBTTBGTSEMTAUNEAMIDRTWEIRCELDQYRFAEOVTYTBAPLAPHSRTIETMCFFGOILSFILIUIEEOLTTAHLUIBCSRNIUESDOYQCFPIFCMLKIYPESDPFLOMTBCTBPDOOSYLMELMINUEFMLAGMEETARAGRPBEWHBDRENCMTGUMT

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InsectsTEAPHIDHERABASECHTOMOEGLTUOWRSIHBRBTTBGTSEMTAUNEAMIDRTWEIRCELDQYRFAEOVTYTBAPLAPHSRTIETMCFFGOILSFILIUIEEOLTTAHLUIBCSRNIUESDOYQCFPIFCMLKIYPESDPFLOMTBCTBPDOOSYLMELMINUEFMLAGMEETARAGRPBEWHBDRENCMTGUMT
  1. GRASSHOPPER runs top to bottom, starting at row 3, column 11.
  2. DRAGONFLY runs diagonally down and to the left, starting at row 4, column 10.
  3. BUTTERFLY runs top to bottom, starting at row 1, column 12.
  4. BUMBLEBEE runs diagonally up and to the right, starting at row 9, column 1.
  5. MOSQUITO runs bottom to top, starting at row 12, column 13.
  6. CRICKET runs bottom to top, starting at row 14, column 8.
  7. LADYBUG runs top to bottom, starting at row 7, column 10.
  8. TERMITE runs top to bottom, starting at row 1, column 1.
  9. FIREFLY runs diagonally up and to the right, starting at row 11, column 2.
  10. BEETLE runs diagonally up and to the right, starting at row 14, column 3.
  11. HORNET runs diagonally down and to the left, starting at row 1, column 8.
  12. MANTIS runs bottom to top, starting at row 14, column 9.
  13. CICADA runs diagonally up and to the right, starting at row 9, column 2.
  14. WEEVIL runs top to bottom, starting at row 2, column 14.
  15. APHID runs left to right, starting at row 1, column 3.
  16. MOTH runs right to left, starting at row 2, column 6.
  17. WASP runs bottom to top, starting at row 14, column 1.

About Insects

Insects wear their skeletons on the outside and share one body plan: head, thorax, abdomen, six legs. Beetles alone account for more named species than any other group of animals, which is why the weevil and the ladybug on this list are cousins. Some entries here signal with light or sound. Fireflies flash chemical signals after dusk, crickets rub their wings together, and cicadas use drum-like organs on the abdomen. Others, like the aphid, feed quietly on plant sap.

Reach for this sheet during an elementary or middle school unit on insect anatomy, life cycles, or garden ecology.

What is in this word search

An 18 by 18 word search hiding 17 words about Insects, 0 of them diagonally and 0 written backwards.

Grid
18 x 18
Words to find
17
Diagonal words
0
Backward words
0

Words to find

  • BEETLE
  • CRICKET
  • DRAGONFLY
  • MOTH
  • BUTTERFLY
  • LADYBUG
  • GRASSHOPPER
  • WASP
  • HORNET
  • TERMITE
  • MANTIS
  • APHID
  • CICADA
  • FIREFLY
  • MOSQUITO
  • BUMBLEBEE
  • WEEVIL

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