Moths and Butterflies Crossword Puzzle by Cindy O'Hora
To view this puzzle, you need a Java-enabled browser and to be connected to the Internet to receive the Crossword.class Java applet code.
Directions: The blue colored square is the one where the letter will be typed. If it changes to yellow when you type a letter, then you are right. If it turns red, then you are incorrect. Use the cursor to move from one word to another. Or let the puzzle do it automatically. The current clue is in blue at the top of the puzzle. All the clues are given at the bottom.
| ACROSS | DOWN |
| 3 Family with tiny string on hindwings | 1 Family of butterflies that appear to have only 4 legs |
| 5 A person who studies butterflies | 2 Caterpillar has large fake eyes |
| 8 Moth that has a cocoon with bits of plant matter on it | 4 Butterflies get minerals here |
| 9 Family of butterflies with fat hairy bodies | 6 Female swallowtail butterfly that is black with no red or orange spots |
| 10 Where legs and wings are attached to body | 7 Adult butterfly food |
| 12 Butterflies have these on wings | 9 Swallowtail with red spots on wings |
| 14 Butterfly that is brown on top and blue beneath | 11 Black with orange and copper like a penny. |
| 18 Long sucking tube | 13 Large moth with big black circles on wings |
| 21 Milkweed is its host plant | 15 Yellow male butterfly with black stripes |
| 22 Flies mainly at night | 16 Body part after thorax |
| 23 A plant that caterpillars eat | 17 Kind of caterpillars that can destroy trees by eating all the leaves |
| 25 Butterfly whose caterpillar eats broccoli and cabbage | 19 First butterflies of spring yellow, orange, or white |
| 20 Family whose front two legs are useless for walking | |
| 24 Butterflies life cycle begins with this |
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