Insects word search
Creepy crawlies from the ant to the dragonfly, twenty in all. A word search for spring, when the class heads into the school garden with bug pots to look for ladybirds and caterpillars.
- Ant
- Bee
- Butterfly
- Caterpillar
- Cricket
- Dragonfly
- Earwig
- Flea
- Gnat
- Grasshopper
- Hornet
- Ladybird
- Larva
- Mosquito
- Moth
- Slater
- Spider
- Termite
- Wasp
- Wing
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
Name
| O | D | F | C | E | D | L | O | H | N | O | B | E | E |
| E | R | L | I | A | T | L | A | R | V | A | H | A | W |
| P | A | E | M | A | T | E | S | D | R | I | T | R | I |
| M | G | A | O | O | P | E | O | L | Y | N | S | W | N |
| H | O | R | N | E | T | P | R | A | A | B | S | I | G |
| F | N | S | C | E | I | H | D | P | H | T | I | G | F |
| S | F | B | Q | P | T | E | R | M | I | T | E | R | W |
| U | L | L | B | U | T | T | E | R | F | L | Y | R | D |
| G | Y | H | S | P | I | D | E | R | T | B | L | M | O |
| C | R | I | C | K | E | T | H | H | N | G | S | A | G |
| G | I | A | M | I | R | L | O | R | N | N | N | T | R |
| I | A | T | L | A | H | E | D | V | W | A | S | P | E |
| F | W | U | O | P | S | E | C | S | K | T | O | E | O |
| T | I | G | R | A | S | S | H | O | P | P | E | R | F |
Find these words
- Ant
- Bee
- Butterfly
- Caterpillar
- Cricket
- Dragonfly
- Earwig
- Flea
- Gnat
- Grasshopper
- Hornet
- Ladybird
- Larva
- Mosquito
- Moth
- Slater
- Spider
- Termite
- Wasp
- Wing
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About this word search
Grasshopper and Cricket are easy to mix up. A cricket's antennae are usually far longer than a grasshopper's, and crickets sing by rubbing their wings together, while grasshoppers rub their back legs against their wings. Listening for both on a warm evening makes a lovely follow-up to the puzzle.
Bugs in this fourteen by fourteen grid crawl sideways, downwards or along a slope, though never in reverse. Caterpillar and Grasshopper are the longest and make a sensible place to start. Butterfly and Dragonfly have nine letters and the same ending, so check the start of each before you circle it.
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 English (New Zealand) too
The same theme also exists in English (New Zealand) and French, 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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