🐞 Insect and bug trivia for kids - quiz with answers
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Insects are tiny, but they are everywhere! Buzz through these questions and find out how much you know about bugs.
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How many legs does an insect have?
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- How many legs does an insect have?
Answer: Six. All adult insects have six legs. - What are the three main body parts of an insect?
Answer: Head, thorax and abdomen. Every insect body has a head, a thorax in the middle and an abdomen at the back. - Which insect lights up at night?
Answer: Firefly. Fireflies make their own light to signal to each other. - Which of these is NOT an insect?
Answer: Spider. Spiders have eight legs and two body parts, so they are arachnids, not insects. - What does a caterpillar form before it becomes a butterfly?
Answer: A chrysalis. Inside the chrysalis, the caterpillar changes into a butterfly. - Who lays the eggs in an ant colony?
Answer: The queen. The queen ant lays the eggs, while worker ants do the other jobs. - What do insects use their antennae for?
Answer: To smell and feel. Antennae help insects smell, touch and sense the world around them. - Which insect chirps by rubbing its wings together?
Answer: Cricket. Male crickets chirp by rubbing one wing against the other. - Ladybugs help gardens by eating which tiny pests?
Answer: Aphids. One ladybug can eat thousands of plant-sucking aphids in its life. - How many wings does an adult butterfly have?
Answer: Four. Butterflies have four wings: two front wings and two back wings. - Which mosquitoes bite people?
Answer: Only the females. Only female mosquitoes bite, because they need blood to make their eggs. - Where do young dragonflies live before they can fly?
Answer: In ponds and streams. Young dragonflies, called nymphs, live underwater until they are ready to grow wings.
Quick answers
How many legs does an insect have?
Six. All adult insects have six legs.
What are the three main body parts of an insect?
Head, thorax and abdomen. Every insect body has a head, a thorax in the middle and an abdomen at the back.
Which insect lights up at night?
Firefly. Fireflies make their own light to signal to each other.
Which of these is NOT an insect?
Spider. Spiders have eight legs and two body parts, so they are arachnids, not insects.
What does a caterpillar form before it becomes a butterfly?
A chrysalis. Inside the chrysalis, the caterpillar changes into a butterfly.
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