Mini-Beast Crossword

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. General term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate (3)
  2. 3. Social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by (4)
  3. 5. Small rodent that squeaks, or a computer pointer (5)
  4. 8. Typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae (4)
  5. 9. Small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests (8)
  6. 10. A wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth (11)
  7. 13. Any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping (4)
  8. 14. Any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping (4)

Down

  1. 1. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species (3)
  2. 2. Diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings (9)
  3. 3. A software program capable of reproducing itself that can spread from one computer to the next over (4)
  4. 4. Freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral (5)
  5. 6. Eight-legged creature that spins webs (6)
  6. 7. Relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur (8)
  7. 11. Social insect living in organized colonies (3)
  8. 12. Furry pet that purrs and chases mice (plural) (4)