Ants

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. Actively or fully engaged or occupied (4)
  2. 3. The immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching (5)
  3. 6. People who serve in an army (8)
  4. 11. Silky envelope spun by the larvae of many insects to protect pupas and by spiders to protect eggs (6)
  5. 12. Having a ___ physiological or chemical effect (6)
  6. 13. Female ruler of a kingdom (5)

Down

  1. 1. An insect in the inactive stage of development intermediate between larva and adult (4)
  2. 4. The region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis (7)
  3. 5. Sterile member of a colony of social insects that forages for food and cares for the larvae (plural) (7)
  4. 7. Animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective (3)
  5. 8. The slender part of the back (5)
  6. 9. A body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland (6)
  7. 10. Social insect living in organized colonies (plural) (4)