Easy bugs and insects word search
Wētā, bee, ant and ladybird: ten short creepy crawlies in a ten by ten grid. Every word runs across or down, so small bug hunters can do it on their own.
- Ant
- Bee
- Cicada
- Earwig
- Ladybird
- Moth
- Slater
- Spider
- Wasp
- Wētā
This is the same puzzle as on the printable sheet. Every word you find turns green and is crossed off the list.
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Name
| S | L | A | T | E | R | S | T | X | L |
| L | E | L | A | D | Y | B | I | R | D |
| H | N | N | X | O | T | M | E | H | F |
| E | D | A | N | T | R | O | T | K | W |
| G | N | C | S | M | I | T | T | C | I |
| A | N | I | P | F | T | H | W | B | I |
| L | P | C | I | W | E | T | A | E | E |
| O | S | A | D | T | T | N | S | E | S |
| O | G | D | E | K | I | L | P | Y | E |
| C | E | A | R | W | I | G | B | I | E |
Find these words
- Ant
- Bee
- Cicada
- Earwig
- Ladybird
- Moth
- Slater
- Spider
- Wasp
- Wētā
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About this word search
In a New Zealand garden you can find bees on the flowers, ants on the path and slaters under a log. In summer the cicadas sing loudly in the trees, and at night a wētā might come out of its hole. Ladybirds are the gardener's friend because they eat the bugs that hurt plants.
The grid is ten by ten and every word runs from left to right or from top to bottom. Ladybird is the longest with eight letters. Bee and ant have only three letters, so look for them last. Wētā is written WETA, without the little lines over the letters.
When the words are found, go outside with a magnifying glass and look for the real thing. Children can draw the bug they liked best and give it a name.
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 ferry or the bach. 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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