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
A Mayfly can spend a long time underwater as a young nymph, but the winged adult often lives for just a day or so. A Cicada also spends years underground before it climbs out to sing. Older students can use Pupa, Chrysalis and Metamorphosis to describe how such a change happens, and Pollinate to explain why farmers value the Honeybee.
This eighteen by eighteen grid hides words in all eight directions, backwards included. Start with the longest, Metamorphosis and Exoskeleton, then go after the rarer letters, such as the X in Thorax or the W in Earwig and Weevil. Two-word names like Compound eye and Stag beetle sit in the grid with no space between them.
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, students check their own answers.
At home and on the go
Pack a few printed sheets for the car, the train or a family vacation. 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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