Insects Crossword Puzzle

About the Insects Crossword Puzzle

This puzzle features insects from gardens, forests, farms, and ponds. Look for familiar names such as Ladybug, Cicada, and Yellowjacket, as well as life-stage words like Caterpillar and Mealworm. It includes pollinators, pests, and other commonly recognized insects, making it a good fit for nature fans and students learning about the small animals around them.

This crossword draws on 41 clues about Insects. Each grid uses a different handful and fits them together a new way, so press New puzzle for another whenever you finish. The answers are in the answer key when you print, and behind the Reveal button when you play.

Sample clues

• •Tiny sap-sucker often found in plant colonies (5 letters)
• •Loud summer singer that spends years underground (6 letters)
• •Rolls animal waste into a ball (10 letters)
• •Tiny swarming nuisance often found near damp soil (4 letters)
• •Summer beetle often attracted to porch lights (7 letters)
• •Large pale-green nocturnal insect with long hindwing tails (8 letters)
• •Predator that seems to bow with folded forelegs (13 letters)
• •Colony pest that consumes wood (7 letters)

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