Letter
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Clue
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Answer
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A
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This insect can carry several times its body weight and lives in well-organized groups by the thousands.
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Ant
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B
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This stinging insect flies around clumsily and can turn into a car. ... Wait, what?
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Bumble Bee
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C
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This nocturnal insect's mating call can be heard at night.
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Cricket
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D
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This insect can both fly and see in every direction.
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Dragonfly
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E
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A insect with "tweezers" on the back of its abdomin.
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Earwig
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F
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A glowing insect.
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Firefly
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G
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A large, green hopping insect.
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Grasshopper
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H
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This insect makes delicious, sugary sweetness.
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Honey Bee
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I
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An insect that has eye spots on its wings and is named after a character from Greek mythology.
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Io Moth
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J
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An arachnid known for its leaping ability.
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Jumping Spider
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K
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A grasshopper- or cricket-like insect that looks like a leaf.
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Katydid
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L
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A spotted beetle.
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Ladybug
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M
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Basically just nocturnal butterflies.
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Moth
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N
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This arachnid is named after a historical French person because, no kidding, the markings on this animal's abdomen are said to resemble a silhouette of this person.
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Napolean Spider
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O
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These arachnids are the ones that make the classic, circular "net-traps" that everyone knows.
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Orb-Weaver Spider
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P
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This insect eats all its prey head first and is the only insect that can look over its shoulder.
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Praying Mantis
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Q
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Looks similar to the Monarch.
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Queen Butterfly
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R
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This African insect is named after a large mammal from the same continent.
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Rhinoceros Beetle
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S
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An arachnid with an iconic tail.
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Scorpion
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T
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This arachnid is a master of surprise attacks.
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Trap-door spider
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U
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This insect from Australia and several Indo-Pacific islands has large blue wings outlined in black.
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Ulysses Butterfly
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V
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They say you catch more of these with honey, but that might not be true for this species.
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Vinegar Fly
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W
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This insect can stand on the air bubbles on the surface of water.
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Water Strider
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X
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This insect, which has sadly gone eXtinct, had large blue wings and was named after the Greek spelling of a Persian king's name.
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Xerces Blue Butterfly
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Y
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Hank Pym's persona when he's crazy.
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Yellow Jacket
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Z
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This insect has long "lobes" on its back wings. Also, it's named after an equine.
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Zebra Swallowtail
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