If you love creepy crawly critters, you’ll enjoy hunting for all the names in this printable bug word search puzzle.
Bugs get a bad rap. They can be surprising, for sure, and they do sometimes get into places we don’t want to find them. Many of them are also really interesting! If you enjoy entomology (the study of bugs) then grab your pencil to solve this bug word search.
Word list includes:
- ant
- bee
- butterfly
- caterpillar
- centipede
- cockroach
- cricket
- dragonfly
- dung beetle
- earwig
- firefly
- flea
- fly
- grasshopper
- junebug
- katydid
- ladybug
- mosquito
- moth
- praying mantis
- roly poly
- scorpion
- spider
- termite
- wasp
This is a hard puzzle; it’s recommended for approximately age thirteen and up.
Love the diversity of bugs? You might also appreciate our zoo animal word search.
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