Insects

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1 termites 15x

2 a beetle 15x

3 the mosquito 11x

4 antennae 10x

5 wings 9x

6 the praying mantis 9x

7 monarch butterflies 8x

8 a wasp 8x

9 the dragonfly 8x

10 a monarch butterfly 8x

11 a ladybug 8x

12 fleas 7x

13 a flea 7x

14 laying eggs 7x

15 the bumblebee 7x

16 crickets 6x

17 aphids 6x

18 beetles 6x

19 a silverfish 6x

20 fire ants 6x

21 the legs 6x

22 the firefly 6x

23 pheromones 5x

24 mosquitoes 5x

25 beeswax 5x

26 a moth 5x

27 boll weevils 5x

28 a grasshopper 5x

29 a cricket 5x

30 Insect 4x

31 cockroach 4x

32 a gizzard 4x

33 a centipede 4x

34 thorax 4x

35 the monarch 4x

36 a cicada 4x

37 a chrysalis 4x

38 wasps 3x

39 ticks 3x

40 pollination 3x

41 Pollen 3x

42 nectar 3x

43 moths 3x

44 Madagascar 3x

45 locusts 3x

46 lice 3x

47 grasshoppers 3x

48 fruit flies 3x

49 drones 3x

50 drone 3x

Sample Clues

Although there are about 2,000 species of these "white ants", only 2 live in Europe

termites

Poe's "Gold Bug", or the VW advertised with the slogan "Think Small"

a beetle

The West Nile virus is transmitted predominantly by the Culex genus of this insect

the mosquito

One way to tell a moth from a butterfly is these on a butterfly end in a knob

antennae

Male crickets produce their well-known chirp by rubbing these together

wings

Sub-Areas

Biology / Animals 412

termites (13) a beetle (12) the praying mantis (9) the mosquito (9) a ladybug (8) antennae (8) a monarch butterfly (7) the bumblebee (7) a wasp (7) crickets (6)

Other 94

wings (4) butterflies (3) a flea (3) the katydid (3) crustacean (2) fruit fly (2) the housefly (2) 4 (2) Arachnid (2) Madagascar (2)

Chemistry / Elements 80

pheromones (4) thorax (3) pollination (3) facets (2) formic acid (2) a scorpion (2) a dance (2) a dragonfly (2) monarch butterflies (2) a chrysalis (2)

Medicine / Health 17

a gizzard (3) eggs (1) Lyme disease (1) a tsetse fly (1) a bed bug (1) blood (1) sleeping sickness (1) a roach coach (1) legs (1) tsetse flies (1)

Math / Physics 13

an inchworm (2) a pill bug (1) the locust (1) eating (1) aphids (1) jumping (1) cockroach (1) fruit (1) roly-polies (1) tsetse fly (1)

Astronomy / Space 10

silverfish (4) a beetle (1) the Sun (1) Nepal (1) the mole (1) king & queen (1) Jiminy Cricket (1)

Botany / Plants 5

the temperature (2) the cacao (1) pollen allergies (1) monarch butterflies (1)

Earth Science 3

a tick (1) Rocky Mountain spotted fever (1) flap their wings at the entrance to the next (fanning their wings) (1)