What insect am I? Flashcards

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1
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Name this butterfly or moth.

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Monarch Butterfly

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2
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Name this butterfly or moth.

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Black swallowtail butterfly

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3
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Name this butterfly or moth.

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Cabbage butterfly

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4
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Name this butterfly or moth.

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fall webworm moth

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5
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Name this butterfly or moth.

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painted lady butterfly

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6
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Name this butterfly or moth.

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Isabella moth

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7
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I have a round, red or yellow body with black spots and can be found on weeds or garden plants where I feed on insect pests such as aphids.

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ladybug

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8
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I look like a stick and can sometimes be seen at night feeding on leaves and shrubs.

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walking stick

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9
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My ears are located on my front legs, females have a long, narrow egg-laying ovipositor, and only the males make a sound.

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cricket

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10
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I am a social insect who lives in a hive made up of many wax cells, my legs have “ears” and baskets for carrying pollen, I communicate by dancing, and I have a stinger at the end of my abdomen for protection.

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honeybee

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11
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I have a very tiny, soft body and can often be seen in large swarms.

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gnat

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12
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I am a very small insect, just one-hundredth of an inch!

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fairy fly

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13
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I am one of the largest insects, up to four inches long!

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Goliath beetle

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14
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I live in paper nests made from chewed-up wood and can frequently be seen on eaves of buildings and porches.

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hornet

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15
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I have a thick, tough exoskeleton, am active during the day, I have hearing organs on my abdomen, and I have wings shaped like a roof.

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grasshopper

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16
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I have especially large eyes to hunt insects, and I do not sting.

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dragonfly

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17
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I carry diseases, but only females bite. I can be controlled by filling in ponds and pools or by using insecticide.

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mosquito

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18
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I have many different types, most of which are pests, and I have a downward curved snout with antennae attached near the middle.

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weevil

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19
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I release a foul odour and eat the remains of dead animals.

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carrion beetle

20
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My orange colour warns predators that I’m a milkweed feeder and thus poisonous.

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milkweed bug

21
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I look very much like a yellow jacket, and am also known as a flower fly or drone fly.

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syrphid fly

22
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I have patches of colour to look like large eyes on my head. I feed on leaves of wild cherry and emil a musky odour for protection.

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tiger swallowtail caterpillar

23
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I flash a light to attract a mate, and I’m really a beetle, not a fly.

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firefly

24
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I look very much like the monarch butterfly, and my larvae feed on poplar, willow, oak, and apple leaves.

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viceroy butterfly

25
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I make a unique buzzing sound with organs on my thorax, and I remain a nymph for 4-20 years.

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cicada

26
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Also known as the sexton beetle, I bury a small dead animal for my larvae to feed on.

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burying beetle

27
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I make a home right in the water where I hatch.

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caddis worm

28
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I have “ears” on the upper part of my front legs and am green with leaflike wing covers. The male of my species rubs his outer wings together to make “katydid” call.

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katydid

29
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We’re parasites that suck our hosts’ blood.

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lice

30
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I make a nest of mud in attics or roofs of buildings, and I paralyse spiders and put them in cells to feed my larvae when they hatch.

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mud dauber wasp (spider wasp)

31
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I use my hind legs for oars.

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backswimmer

32
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I use my front legs to burrow, and I eat young roots, killing seedlings.

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mole cricket

33
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I can jump 100 times my own height, but I have no wings.

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flea

34
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I have a large, round eyespot on each wing and have large, feathery antennae.

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polyphemus moth

35
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I release a foul odour when handled and prey on aphids, larvae, and insect eggs.

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lacewing

36
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I release a foul odour.

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stinkbug

37
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I have pincerlike structures on my abdomen.

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earwig

38
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I have spiked legs for self-defense.

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Jerusalem cricket

39
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I am a social insect who feeds on wood.

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termite

40
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I use a chemical cannon to discharge acid “bombs.”

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bombardier beetle

41
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I have a bearlike mouth and can inflict a painful bite, and the female glues her eggs onto the male’s back.

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giant waterbug

42
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I am a common indoor insect with no wings.

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silverfish

43
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I hold my forelegs in a prayerlike position, and the female lays her eggs in a foam that hardens and often eats her mate.

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praying mantis

44
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My larvae are called maggots and feed on decaying materials. I taste with my feet and take about two weeks to go through complete metamorphosis.

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housefly

45
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I only feed on the bitter milkweed plant.

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large milkweed bug

46
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Like the hornet, I live in paper nests made from chewed-up wood and am frequently seen on eaves of buildings and porches.

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yellowjacket