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Insects & Bugs Vocabulary
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Vocabulary on the theme of insects and bugs.
Primaire
1-6
Table des matières
- Haut de page
- Insects & Other Bugs
- Insect & Bug Features
- Insect & Bug-Related Verbs
- Insect & Bug Vocabulary at a Glance
- Insect & Bug Vocabulary Exercise
- Advanced Insect & Bug Vocabulary
- Advanced Insects
- Advanced Other Bugs
- Advanced Insect & Bug Features
- Exercise – Advanced Insect & Bug Vocabulary
- See Also
ant
bee
butterfly
caterpillar
cockroach
fly
grasshopper
ladybug
mosquito
scorpion
Insects & Other Bugs
Insect & Bug Features
Insect & Bug-Related Verbs
Insect & Bug Vocabulary at a Glance
Insect & Bug Vocabulary Exercise
(Coming soon)
Advanced Insect & Bug Vocabulary
Advanced Insects
1 Scarabs are species of beetles.
2 Gnats are tiny flies that generally fly in small cloud-like groups.
3 Monarchs are a species of butterfly.
4 Moths are related to butterflies, but they are their own species. They generally fly at night.
5 Damselflies are similar to dragonflies but are a different species. They are smaller, thinner and fold their wings on their back when perching.
Advanced Other Bugs
tarantula
Species of large hairy spiders.millipede
Small, long and thin worm-like bug with many, many tiny legs (between 40 and 400!).pill bug
Small bug with 14 legs and an armor-like shell. Also called a “roly-poly.”roly-poly
Small bug with 14 legs and an armour-like shell. Also called a “pill bug.”tick
Tiny 8-legged bugs that attach themselves to animal or human skin.mite
Tiny 8-legged bug, so small it in can live in house dust.
Advanced Insect & Bug Features
exoskeleton
Hard shell on the outside of a bug's body.segments
Sections that join together to make a bug's body. Most insects have 3: head, thorax, abdomen.thorax
Middle part of an insect's body.abdomen
Back part of an insect's body.mandibles
Pair of jaw parts near an insect's mouth.proboscis
Long, stretchy tube on an insect's face.colony
Large group or family of insects or bugs that live and work together.hive
A living space built by insects, like a nest for the group.beehive
Man-made structure for beekeeping.honeycomb
Hexagonal wax structure built by bees inside their hive.to lay eggs
To reproduce with eggs.to hatch
To break out of the egg.to swarm
When a very large group of insects moves, flies or gathers together in one place.to molt
To shed or drop the old outer shell, to grow a new one.
Exercise – Advanced Insect & Bug Vocabulary
(Coming soon)