Do you know your stick insects from your grasshoppers? Your bumblebees to your wasps?

Read on to see how you fair with our insect quiz! Next time when you’re out and about outside, look out for these crawlies deep within the woodland! The answers are given at the end of this post - but no cheating!

1) Can you name this insect?

• Bumble Bee
• Honey Bee
• Hover fly

 2) Can you name this insect?

• Cricket
• Grasshopper
• Stick Insect

 3) Can you name this insect?

• Black Beetle
• Garden Chafer
• Ladybird

 And now for your next challenge! Can you guess what the following insects could be? 4) What insect is this?

• Butterfly
• Moth
• Mayfly

 5) What insect is this?

• Hornet
• Common Wasp
• Mason Bee

 6) What insect is this?

• Earwig
• Woodlouse
• Centipede

 

  Answers for the quiz:

1. Bubble Bee - Bubble Bees tend to be much larger in size than others, but careful they do sting!
2. Grasshopper - Crickets tend to have longer antennae, grasshopper's are much shorter.
3. Ladybird - The scientific name for Ladybird's is "Coccinellidae".
4. Moth - Moths come in much duller colours compared to butterflies.
5. Hornet - Hornets have browner shades of colour, whereas wasps are black.
6. Earwig - Earwigs get their name from the myth that they crawl into sleeping people's ears and tunnel into the brain. Eugh!