Across
- The outermost layer of an insect’s exoskeleton. (7)
- Two tiny hairs at the tip of a cockroach’s abdomen that detect movement. (5)
- Sheath or covering that protects the wings of beetles. (6)
- An organism that consumes dead material. (9)
- An insect changes to an adult in several stages. For example, a housefly changes from an egg to early larva, then to full-sized larva, then to a pupa and finally to an adult. When it is in the pupa stage, it is “resting” before the final moult to a full grown adult. (13)
- A pair of wax-secreting projections (little horns) on the back end of an aphid. (9)
- Special body features or behaviors that help a creature survive in its environment. (10)
- The first stage of an insect after leaving the egg. It is an immature form that is unlike the adult and must undergo metamorphosis. (5)
- A water plant with no true stems or leaves. (5)
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Down
- An insect that eats dead or decayed matter. (10)
- These animals don’t eat plants, but feed on animals that do eat plants. (9)
- An organic substance forming a part of the exoskeleton. (6)
- The hindmost section of the body of an insect or spider. (7)
- The silky sheath around a chrysalis; a protective wrapping. (6)
- A place where an animal or plant lives which provides food, water, shelter and space for survival. (7)
- The middle section of the body in between the head and the abdomen. (6)
- The stage following the larva. (4)
- Order Diptera; has only one pair of wings. (8)
- A young insect that resembles its parents in form. (5)
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