Butterfly Counting: Criss Cross

Answer clues based on definitions of the vocabulary words from Butterfly Counting. Look for hints in the Word Bank. Print the puzzle or use on your tablet, phone, or computer.

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Across

  • 3. easy to break; not strong; delicate
  • 5. to change completely, usually in a good way
  • 8. the continent (very large piece of land) at the South Pole
  • 10. a hard case that protects a moth or butterfly while it is turning into an adult

Down

  • 1. an animal that lives by killing and eating other animals
  • 2. the rear part of an insect’s body; the part of the body below the chest
  • 4. the wings closest to a butterfly’s head
  • 6. the middle part of an insect’s body
  • 7. the thin rods on the head of an insect that are used to feel and touch things
  • 9. a way of hiding something by making it look like something else

Word Bank

abdomen
antarctica
antennae
camouflage
chrysalis
forewings
transform
fragile
predator
thorax