Hard insects word search
Praying mantis, lacewing and metamorphosis: a bug grid for older children who want the proper names. Twenty-eight words hide in every direction, backwards and diagonal included.
- Abdomen
- Aphid
- Blowfly
- Chrysalis
- Cicada
- Cockroach
- Cocoon
- Compound eye
- Damselfly
- Dung beetle
- Earwig
- Exoskeleton
- Firefly
- Honeybee
- Hornet
- Hoverfly
- Lacewing
- Locust
- Mayfly
- Metamorphosis
- Pollinate
- Praying mantis
- Pupa
- Silverfish
- Stag beetle
- Termite
- Thorax
- Weevil
This is the same puzzle as on the printable sheet. Every word you find turns green and is crossed off the list.
Make your own versionInsects, extra hard
Name
| I | E | O | N | E | N | B | L | O | W | F | L | Y | U | S | T | I | N |
| E | C | G | Y | T | E | R | M | I | T | E | A | R | W | I | G | H | O |
| S | O | E | L | T | E | E | B | G | A | T | S | I | N | H | V | E | T |
| T | M | Y | F | P | D | A | M | S | E | L | F | L | Y | X | R | C | E |
| E | P | L | E | O | P | Y | E | I | E | E | B | Y | E | N | O | H | L |
| L | O | F | R | S | S | R | T | X | P | E | H | F | E | O | C | R | E |
| O | U | Y | I | T | I | A | A | T | H | O | R | A | X | A | F | Y | K |
| C | N | A | F | E | B | P | M | Y | V | I | P | N | O | A | D | S | S |
| U | D | M | H | D | L | A | O | E | I | H | I | R | L | N | U | A | O |
| S | E | A | O | I | T | O | R | L | I | N | K | L | T | M | N | L | X |
| T | Y | M | V | S | F | F | P | D | L | C | G | B | L | E | G | I | E |
| T | E | E | H | E | L | C | H | C | O | I | H | M | O | G | B | S | A |
| N | E | L | M | Y | O | I | O | C | A | D | N | R | A | S | E | P | M |
| W | A | N | N | H | E | C | S | P | T | I | I | A | S | N | E | L | L |
| T | E | T | R | T | O | A | I | E | E | D | W | X | T | A | T | L | V |
| F | T | E | U | O | A | D | S | T | R | G | E | U | F | E | L | I | H |
| E | L | N | N | M | H | A | G | N | I | W | E | C | A | L | E | C | S |
| P | U | P | A | A | S | I | L | V | E | R | F | I | S | H | I | L | A |
Find these words
- Abdomen
- Aphid
- Blowfly
- Chrysalis
- Cicada
- Cockroach
- Cocoon
- Compound eye
- Damselfly
- Dung beetle
- Earwig
- Exoskeleton
- Firefly
- Honeybee
- Hornet
- Hoverfly
- Lacewing
- Locust
- Mayfly
- Metamorphosis
- Pollinate
- Praying mantis
- Pupa
- Silverfish
- Stag beetle
- Termite
- Thorax
- Weevil
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About this word search
Across much of Australia, the sound of a hot summer day is the Cicada, whose males call loudly from the trees. The list moves from creatures like that to the language of biology: Thorax, Abdomen, Exoskeleton and Metamorphosis, the change from egg to larva to Pupa to adult that butterflies and beetles go through.
Every direction is possible in the eighteen by eighteen grid, including backwards and both diagonals. The X in Thorax and Exoskeleton is a quick foothold, as is the W in Weevil and Earwig. Several words end in FLY, from Damselfly to Blowfly, and it can be easier to find those endings first and then read back to see which word they belong to.
Science teachers can pair the puzzle with a lesson on life cycles, asking students to sort the words into stages, body parts and species.
Ways to use this word search
In the classroom
Print it as a task for early finishers, or to open a lesson on this topic. With the QR code on the sheet, pupils check their own answers.
At home and on the go
Pack a few printed sheets for the car, the train or the holidays. A pen is all you need, no screen required.
Play together
Print the sheet twice and race each other. Whoever finds all the words first wins. Or play it online and see who is fastest.
Try it in French too
The same theme also exists in French and Italian, each with its own word list in that language. Handy if you are learning a language: you already know the topic, now just the words.
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