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 ladybugs and caterpillars.
- Ant
- Bee
- Butterfly
- Caterpillar
- Cricket
- Dragonfly
- Earwig
- Flea
- Gnat
- Grasshopper
- Hornet
- Ladybug
- Larva
- Mosquito
- Moth
- Pill bug
- 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 | E | C | L | D | M | O | H | N | O | E | I | T |
| H | R | P | A | A | E | R | O | I | O | P | O | H | S |
| P | A | A | S | D | T | F | C | S | E | I | D | O | H |
| F | G | S | P | Y | F | E | B | P | Q | W | U | R | L |
| T | O | G | I | B | L | H | R | T | B | U | M | N | O |
| E | N | S | L | U | E | M | H | P | H | N | I | E | S |
| R | F | P | L | G | A | O | C | G | I | G | I | T | A |
| M | L | I | B | U | T | T | E | R | F | L | Y | M | O |
| I | Y | D | U | I | N | H | R | L | I | R | L | N | N |
| T | L | E | G | A | T | I | W | A | G | C | T | A | L |
| E | A | R | W | I | G | A | I | H | N | E | K | D | R |
| V | R | E | F | W | U | O | N | P | A | S | B | E | E |
| E | V | C | W | A | S | P | G | S | T | K | O | E | T |
| O | A | G | R | A | S | S | H | O | P | P | E | R | T |
Find these words
- Ant
- Bee
- Butterfly
- Caterpillar
- Cricket
- Dragonfly
- Earwig
- Flea
- Gnat
- Grasshopper
- Hornet
- Ladybug
- Larva
- Mosquito
- Moth
- Pill bug
- Spider
- Termite
- Wasp
- Wing
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About this word search
A Grasshopper listens with ears on the sides of its belly, while a Cricket has its ears on its front legs. And Mosquito is simply Spanish for little fly. Small facts like these give a spring science unit something to talk about besides stings and bites.
No word is reversed on this fourteen-square board, though several slant across it. Caterpillar and Grasshopper are the longest finds. Ant and Bee are the sneakiest, three letters each, short enough to vanish among the other letters.
In the classroom, the puzzle works well before a bug walk in the schoolyard. Afterward, students can draw one insect from the list and label the head, the legs and a Wing.
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 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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