Insect Vocabulary

the hard outer covering of insects

• abdomen

• ovipositor

• exoskeleton

• thorax

tiny hairs for hearing and sensing

• sensilla

• ovipositors

• spiracles

• antennae

an insect's egg-laying organ

• sensilla

• ovipositor

• spiracle

• antenna

holes in an insect's body for breathing

• sensilla

• ovipositors

• spiracles

• antennae

the part of the body where wings and legs are attached

• abdomen

• ovipositor

• spiracle

• thorax

a hard case covering a butterfly larva

• nymph

• chrysalis

• cocoon

• pupa

a young insect which looks almost like the adult

• nymph

• chrysalis

• cocoon

• pupa

an insect in the stage between larva and adult

• nymph

• chrysalis

• cocoon

• pupa

Tags

NGSS.3-LS1-1

a silk case covering a moth larva

• nymph

• chrysalis

• cocoon

• pupa

a plant or animal that lives off another

• nymph

• parasite

• predator

• pupa