Insects

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. The whole amount (5)
  2. 7. Eight-legged creature that spins webs (6)
  3. 9. Large area covered with trees (plural) (7)
  4. 12. Terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping (11)

Down

  1. 1. Red, blue and yellow are all examples of this (5)
  2. 2. Dry land with very little rain (plural) (7)
  3. 3. A position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality (plural) (7)
  4. 5. Small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests (7)
  5. 6. A field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay (plural) (7)
  6. 8. The fine spores that contain male gametes and that are borne by an anther in a flowering plant (6)
  7. 10. Spring-loaded doorlock that can only be opened from the outside with a key (5)
  8. 11. Citrus fruit that shares its name with a color (6)
  9. 13. A day devoted to an outdoor social gathering (plural) (7)