Order of Insects Crossword Puzzle
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QUESTIONS LIST:
- diptera : meaning two wings. they have only two wings. examples include flies, gnats, and mosquitos.
- homoptera : same wings. they wings rest on their back in the shape of a tent. examples include cicada, aphid, tree hopper, leaf hopper, scale insect.
- hemiptera : meaning half wings. their front wings cross over to form an x or a v at the base of the abdomen. examples include bedbug, bedbug, stinkbug, and squash bug.
- coleoptera : meaning sheath wings. they have a straight line down the back. examples include ladybug, firefly, potato beetle, stag beetle.
- odonata : meaning toothed. they have long slender bodies, huge eyes, and two pairs of equal sized transparent wings. examples include damselfly, dragonfly.
- lepidoptera : meaning scale wings. they have thousand of microscopic scales on each wing. examples include butterflies and moths.
- hymenoptera : meaning membrane wings. they have two pairs of filmy, membranelike wings. examples include bees, ant, and wasp.
- orthoptera : meaning straight wings, grasshoppers, cockroach, locusts, cricket, have straight papery wings that fold in a straight line along their bodies.