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The Insect World

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Rajeev has got a crossword puzzle to solve for homework.
Can you help him solve it? Take the help of the clues given.

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Did you
know?
A cockroach can live
for several weeks
without its head.

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1. It is an insect having large eyes, two pairs of strong transparent wings,
sometimes with coloured patches.
4. It has two pairs of wings. The front pair is hardened and thickened into a shell-
like protection for the rear pair and its abdomen.
6. Only the females have stingers which are actually modified egg-laying organs.

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2. This insect can carry about 50 times its own body weight.
3. It is a wingless insect. Its mouth is adapted for piercing skin and sucking blood.
5. It is an insect that damages crops and causes major agricultural loss.

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