This is a scavenger hunt to find different insects. Using an online picture dictionary, find the insects that fit the clues I give you. I will also give you the first letter of each insect so you can look under that letter in the picture dictionary. Have fun learning about these incredible insects!
1. What insect is a very common social insect that lives in large groups? It makes a trail and travels through tunnels. Hint: It's name starts with letter A. _______________________________________ Go to this page in the picture dictionary to find out: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/DictionaryA.html
2. What insect is a flying insect that lives in a hive? Hint: It's name starts with letter B. _____________________________________ Go to this page in the picture dictionary to find out: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Bisfor.shtml
3. What insect is a flying insect that has large, delicate wings? Hint: It's name starts with a B. _____________________________________ Go to this page in the picture dictionary to find out: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Bisfor.shtml
4. What do you call a baby butterfly that just hatched from an egg? It spends most of its time eating. Hint: It's name starts with a C. ______________________________________ Go to this page in the picture dictionary to find out: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Cisfor.shtml
5. What is a flying insect that makes its own light? It is beautiful to see at night because it looks like a bright spot of light flying around. Hint: Its name starts with an F. ______________________________________ Go to this page in the picture dictionary to find out: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Fisfor.shtml
6. What insect flies around food, animals, and people's faces? It is an insect people try to shoo away. Hint: Its name starts with an F. ______________________________________ Go to this page in the picture dictionary to find out: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Fisfor.shtml
7. What insect can hop and make very loud noises by rubbing its legs together? It is green and sometimes is a nuisance to farmers because it eats his crops. Hint: Its name starts with a G. ______________________________________ Go to this page in the picture dictionary to find out: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Gisfor.shtml
8. What insect is a small, cute, flying beetle with spots on its wing covers? It also eats the aphids on the leaves of plants. Hint: Its name starts with an L. ______________________________________ Go to this page in the picture dictionary to find out: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Lisfor.shtml
9. What insect is a common poisonous butterfly that often migrates long distances? (It goes on a long trip.) Hint: Its name starts with an M. ______________________________________ Go to this page in the picture dictionary to find out: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Misfor.shtml
10. What insect is a beautiful blue butterfly that lives in a rainforest? Hint: Its name begins with an M. ____________________________________ Go to this page in the picture dictionary to find out: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Misfor.shtml
11. What insect is a small, flying insect that bites animals and people? Hint: Its name starts with an M. _____________________________________ Go to this page in the picture dictionary to find out: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Misfor.shtml
12. What insect is awake during the night? It almost looks like a butterfly, but it is not. It likes to fly around your lights at night. Hint: Its name starts with an M. ____________________________________ Go to this page in the picture dictionary to find out: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Misfor.shtml
13. What insect is a pest that tries to live in people's houses? It tries to live in places where food may have been left on the floor and it is bigger than an ant. Hint: Its name starts with an R. _____________________________________ Go to this page in the picture dictionary to find out: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Risfor.shtml
14. What insect is a type of stinging wasp that has yellow and black stripes? Hint: Its name starts with a Y. _____________________________________ Go to this page in the picture dictionary to find out: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Yisfor.shtml
DO YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT INSECTS? Visit some of the sites below for more information and games about incredible insects. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/insects/printouts.shtml
http://www.ivyhall.district96.k12.il.us/4th/kkhp/1insects/bugmenu.html
http://www.insects.org/
http://www.orkin.com/learningcenter/kidsandteachers_games.asp
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/fun/hive_flash.html
http://www.bees4kids.org.uk/
http://www.earthsbirthday.org/butterflies/gazette/insectgames.asp