“Insect Scramble,” Friend, July 1991, 47

Insect Scramble

By Mary Jean Plantner

Unscramble the insect names, then match each insect to the correct description of it.

1. weargi ____________	a. This tiny insect sucks plant juices.
2. respid ____________	b. This native European flying insect produces wax and honey.
3. sinmat ____________	c. This large, harmless insect with double netlike wings eats other insects.
4. neeboyeh ____________	d. This insect has jointed antennae and pinchers on the end of its body.
5. tomosqui ____________	e. Some types of this insect spread malaria.
6. tomh ____________	f. This insect has large, often brightly colored wings.
7. ropepraghss ____________	g. Many of these eight-legged creatures spin webs to entangle prey.
8. trickec ____________	h. Great numbers of this leaping insect can totally destroy crops.
9. tan ____________	i. The larvae of this nocturnal insect have feathery antennae and sometimes eat clothes.
10. flubertty ____________	j. This large, insect-eating insect often looks as if it is praying.
11. oowd soule ____________	k. Sometimes called a cicada, this short-horned grasshopper strips vegetation.
12. slocut ____________	l. This small, strong insect lives in a colony, where it has special duties.
13. phida ____________	m. This leaping insect chirps by rubbing its forewings together.
14. tang ____________	n. When annoyed, this insect, sometimes called a pill bug, can roll into a ball.
15. nagflordy ____________	o. This tiny fly bites.