Memorize these and recognize 42.9% of all Insects clues.
| # | Answer | Count | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | termites | 14 | Although there are about 2,000 species of these "white ants", only 2 live in Europe |
| 2 | a beetle | 9 | Wireworms are the slender larvae of the "click" type of this insect |
| 3 | a mosquito | 8 | Of all insects worldwide, this disease carrier poses the greatest health hazard to humans |
| 4 | antennae | 7 | One way to tell a moth from a butterfly is these on a butterfly end in a knob |
| 5 | monarch butterflies | 7 | A biosphere reserve in Michoacán is named for these creatures that turn the forests orange & black every November |
| 6 | the praying mantis | 7 | Mantis religiosa is a scientific name for this insect |
| 7 | fleas | 6 | The Ctenocephalides canis species of this feeds not only on dogs but on other mammals including humans |
| 8 | beetles | 6 | Because males of this Lucanidae species have jaws resembling deer antlers, they are called this |
| 9 | the dragonfly | 6 | Prehistoric relatives of this insect seen here had wingspans of over 2 feet |
| 10 | crickets | 5 | An association in Beijing sponsors fighting tournaments for the field type of these chirping insects |
| 11 | silverfish | 5 | It's the household pest seen here on dry land |
| 12 | a wasp | 5 | You might be surprisedby the result—the pepsis species of this stinging insect preys on tarantulas |
| 13 | a ladybug | 5 | It might want to fly away home to Massachusetts, where it's the state insect |
| 14 | a cricket | 5 | Acheta domesticus, the house species of this, is the one "on the hearth" in literature |
| 15 | a butterfly | 5 | Species of this insect include Rajah Brooke's birdwing, tiger swallowtail & red admiral |
| 16 | the firefly | 5 | Glowworms are the larvae or wingless females of this soft-bodied beetle |
| 17 | Insect | 4 | The katydid |
| 18 | boll weevils | 4 | Because of their long snouts, these cotton destroyers are sometimes called snout beetles |
| 19 | a moth | 4 | The destructive gypsy type of this winged insect was introduced to the U.S. from Europe in the 1860s |
| 20 | a centipede | 4 | A giant species of this "hundred-legged" insect grows to 12 inches in length & eats lizards |
| 21 | cockroach | 4 | In 1986, a Dallas exterminator ran a contest to find the largest one of these insects in the city |
| 22 | the boll weevil | 4 | Seen here on cotton, it can be a threat to crops in the southern United States |
| 23 | a flea | 4 | This wingless insect that preys on cats & dogs is a carrier of bubonic plague |
| 24 | wasps | 3 | Some solitary ones make their nests out of mud; social ones, usually from paper |
| 25 | mosquitoes | 3 | The chief insect carriers of encephalitis are the Culex & Aedes types of this insect |
| 26 | locusts | 3 | Holy Moses! A plague of these struck Egypt in 2013—that's A.D., by the way |
| 27 | lice | 3 | "Cooties"; the lousiest insects of all |
| 28 | grasshoppers | 3 | 2 common short-horned species of this in North America are the lubber & the Eastern lubber |
| 29 | dragonflies | 3 | Although they never breathed fire, some extinct species did have wingspans of up to 2 1/2 feet |
| 30 | cockroaches | 3 | Boric acid powder is used to combat these household pests of the order Blattaria |
| 31 | Arachnid | 3 | The brown recluse |
| 32 | a grasshopper | 3 | The smallest of these insects is the pygmy locust at less than 1/2 inch in length |
| 33 | a gizzard | 3 | Just like chickens, some insects have this muscular organ in the digestive tract to grind food |
| 34 | wings | 3 | Male crickets produce their well-known chirp by rubbing these together |
| 35 | the monarch | 3 | The Viceroy butterfly does its best to look like this bad-tasting butterfly |
| 36 | the legs | 3 | The ears of a cricket are on this part of its body |
| 37 | pupa | 3 | Seen here, it's the stage of moth development between larva & adult |
| 38 | metamorphosis | 3 | 1915 story in which Gregor Samsa awakes one morning to find he has changed into a giant insect |
| 39 | eggs | 3 | Some species of thrips are the only known animals that can reproduce by both bearing live young & doing this |
| 40 | bumblebee | 3 | Unlike the honey bee, this very large bee doesn't die when it stings; it can sting numerous times |
| 41 | a honeybee | 3 | It wasn't until 1983 that Utah finally made this its state insect |
| 42 | a cicada | 3 | Some of these insects are known as 17-year locusts because it takes 17 years for them to develop |
| 43 | the gypsy moth | 3 | This pest escaped from a Mass. lab where it was brought in the 19th c. as a possible silkworm |
| 44 | a larva | 3 | A baby butterfly |
| 45 | the mayfly | 2 | Also called a shad fly or dayfly, it's the only insect to go through a subimago or sub-adult stage |
| 46 | pollination | 2 | Every year, $5 bil. worth of crops benefit from this insect activity |
| 47 | pheromones | 2 | Scientists take an EAG, an electroantennogram, to measure how a moth's antennae nerves pick up these sex odors |
| 48 | nocturnal | 2 | Insectivores are principally this, meaning they are most active after dark |
| 49 | moths | 2 | Balls of naphthalene are protection against them |
| 50 | Madagascar | 2 | The best place to see tenrecs is on this large island off Africa's east coast |
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