Bugs

honey

FINISH

drone bee
worker bee

Eggs are laid queen bee
by the…

See page 24

ten sides

six sides Cells in a
honey honeycomb have…

See page 24

Nectar is used fifteen sides
to make…

See page 24

paper

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Facts matchup

How much do you know
about the bugs of the world?

Read the clues below and
see if you can find the
correct answers among
the pictures.

Desert
scorpion

The slits on my knees are ears that can pick Tsetse fly
up crickets’ calls. See page 10

Using my muscle-packed legs, I can leap Red-kneed
20 times the length of my body. See page 7 tarantula
Treehopper
I don’t have a mouth because I only live long bug
enough to survive on the food I ate when I was
a caterpillar. See page 36 Shieldbug

My front wings have become hard cases that Orchid
protect my flying wings when they are folded mantis
away. See page 9

I can catch insects in midair by grabbing them with my
powerful jaws and gripping them with my long legs. See page 13

I hardly need to drink. I get most of my moisture from the spiders
and insects I eat. See page 31

Once I catch my prey, I pierce its body and inject saliva to turn the
inside of the prey into liquid. See page 13

I sometimes glue my eggs to the male’s My brightly colored head warns
back, and he looks after them until they predators that I’m poisonous and
hatch. See page 21 should be left alone. See page 18

I disguise myself to look like a spiked During the day, I sleep in my silk-lined
thorn on a branch so that birds don’t risk burrow. When it gets dark, I go out to
landing on me. See page 16 hunt for large insects. See page 29

When an insect wanders over my I do a “figure-eight” dance when I find
underground hole, I snatch it and a nectar supply. This lets the others
eat it. See page 13 know where the nectar is. See page 24

I can change color from white to pink to My bite not only leaves an itch, but
blend in with the particular flower can also cause a deadly disease called
I choose to sit on. See page 16 sleeping sickness. See page 41

I am the largest butterfly in the world,
and one of the rarest. See page 29

Gold beetle

Assassin
bug

Katydid Indian moon moth Trapdoor
Grasshopper spider
Hawker
dragonfly Worker bee

Queen Alexandra’s Puss moth
birdwing caterpillar

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First flight START

The caterpillar is on its way Run into
to becoming a butterfly. a spider.
Follow it on its journey Move back 3
through the park and be
the first one to see it
transform into a butterfly!

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A praying A wise old owl
mantis is hiding shows the way.
Move forward 5
in the leaves.
Wriggle back 2 Get a ride
from a bee.
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How to play

This game is for
up to four players.

You will need

A die Move down Move up
Counters—one for each player

Trace over the butterfly outlines or cut and color your own from

cardboard. Each player takes turns throwing the die and begins from

Find a tasty the START box. Follow the squares with each roll of the die. If you
leaf to chew.
Move forward 4 land on an instruction, make sure you do as it says. Good luck!

Get help from a Stop to chat
ladybug family. with a snail.
Skip a turn
Throw again
FINISH
STukairppnuaipntatuo.rn
Spread your
wings and fly!

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Glossary

Here are the meanings of some of the words
that are useful to know when learning about bugs.

Abdomen the rear part of an Bug a true bug is a type of insect
insect’s or spider’s body. It holds all that has a long mouthpart that it
of the main organs of the animal. uses to pierce its food to suck up
the insides.
Amber the clear brownish yellow
liquid from ancient pine trees and Camouflage colors or patterns
that hardened millions of years ago. that help bugs to blend into their
surroundings so that they are
Antenna the delicate feeler on an hidden from view.
insect, which is used to smell, touch,
or hear. An insect has two antennae Colony a group of bugs, all in the
on its head. same species, that live and work
together to survive.
Arachnid an arthropod with eight
legs. Spiders, scorpions, and mites Crop a plant that is grown and
are all arachnids. harvested by humans.

Arthropod an animal with jointed Decay the rotting of plant or
legs and a body divided into animal matter by the action of
segments, covered by a hard outer bacteria or fungi.
skeleton. Insects, arachnids, and
myriapods are all arthropods. Dew the moisture that forms on
cool surfaces overnight.

Disease an illness that can cause
extreme sickness or even death.

Disguise changing appearance
to look like something else.

Dung the natural waste of animals.

Gland an organ in a body that
produces a special substance.

Grub the baby of an ant, bee,
wasp, or beetle.

Haltere one of a pair of drumstick-
shaped structures that are found
on some two-winged insects. It
is the second pair of wings and
helps the insect to balance.

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Hive the home of honeybees. Prey an animal that is hunted
by other animals as food.
Host the animal that provides a
home for bugs, such as fleas or lice, Proboscis a tubelike mouthpart
that live off it. used by some insects to suck up
liquid food.
Insect an arthropod with three body
parts and six legs. Pupa the hard case in which some
young insects completely change
Larva the very young stage of an to become a different adult shape
insect that looks completely different (during metamorphosis).
from its parents.
Recycle to treat materials in such
Metamorphosis the change from a way that they can be used again.
young to adult in an insect that
looks completely different from Saliva the watery liquid, which is in
its parents. the mouth, that helps to digest food.

Migration moving from one place Solitary being or living alone.
to another to live for a while, most
commonly to find better weather. Swarm a mass of bugs, such as bees
or locusts, that stick together to
Myriapod a type of arthropod eat or find a new home.
with many legs, such as a centipede
or millipede. Thorax the part of the body
between the head and the abdomen
Nectar a sweet liquid found in on an insect. The legs and wings are
many flowers. attached to this part.

Perfume a pleasant smelling liquid Vegetarian bugs that survive by
that attracts a type of animal to it. eating just plants and no meat.

Plague a group of insect that is out Venom a poison that is injected
of control and causes trouble. into another animal to paralyze
or kill it.
Pollination when tiny grains
fertilize female plants to produce Web a structure of fine silk threads
seeds and grow new plants. spun by spiders and used to trap
small bugs.
Pollution dirty gases and waste
from factories and cars that make Wingspan the measurement from
the air, land, or water unclean. one wing tip to the other wing tip
when they are fully open.
Predator an animal that hunts
other animals for food.

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alligator 38 Index pond skater 33
ant 26, 27, 30 praying mantis 12, 38
ant lion larva 13 proboscis 14
aphid 20, 27, 45 pupa 22
arachnid 4
arthropod 4 scale insect 45
assassin bug 13 scorpion 21, 27, 31
senses 10-11
bee 19, 24, 44, 45 firefly 37 lantern fly 28 shieldbug 21
beetle 6, 9, 14, 18, 31, flea 4, 7 locust 27, 31, 40 silk moth 44
fly 4, 9, 35, 38, sleeping sickness 41
32, 45 maggot 42 snake 18, 28
butterfly 8, 9, 10, 14, 17, 42 malaria 41 spider 4, 13, 28, 29,
meat-eater 12-13, 32
18, 22, 29, 38 glowworm 37 metamorphosis 22 31, 33, 35, 37
grasshopper 7 midge 4 stick insect 16
caddis fly 33 millipede 7, 43
camouflage 16-17, 38 head louse 35 mosquito 33, 41 tadpole 32
caterpillar 6, 14, 17, 18, honeypot ant 30 moth 7, 10, 14, 17, 18, tarantula 29
horsefly 11 termite 26
20, 22, 29, 31, 36, 44 house mites 34-35 36, 37 thornbug 16
centipede 28 hoverfly 8, 19 myriapod 4 true bug 5
Chagas disease 41 tsetse fly 41
cicada 37 jungle 28-29 nit 35
cockroach 30, 35 vegetarians 14-15
cocoon 44 katydid 10, 39 orchid mantis 16 venom 13, 29
Colorado beetle 40 kissing bug 41
cricket 7, 10, 18, 39, pest 40 warning signals 18-19
lacewing 8 plague 40 wasp 20, 24, 25, 30
44 ladybug 45 pollination 44 water boatman 33
weevil 15, 38
death-watch beetle 41 wing 8-9, 10, 13, 29
desert 30-31
disguise 16, 18, 19 yucca moth 31
dragonfly 13, 23, 33
dung beetle 42, 43
dust mite 34

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