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3 Insects and their

Wonderful World

A. Fill in the blanks based on your knowledge of the insect world.

1. ________ are social insects living in colonies of 50 to lakhs of individuals.

2. Scientists believe ants make up a large part of the ________ in the Amazon
Basin.

3. In Africa, swarms of ________ can have up to 28 billion individuals.

4. The Feather-winged Beetle in North America, at ________ size, may be the
world’s smallest insect.

5. There are over ________ known insect species, possibly up to 10 million.

6. The longest insect in the world is the ________.

B. Match the following pictures of insects with their correct names.

a. Christmas Beetle (i)

b. Signature Spider (ii)

c. Dragon Fly (iii)

d. Praying Mantis (iv)

e. Ulysses Butterfly (v)

(a) 0.325mm, (b) Locusts, (c) biomass, (d) Ants, (e) Stick-Insect, (f) 1 million

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