Compound Insects

BUMBLEBEE
BUTTERFLY
DRAGONFLY
EARWIG
GRASSHOPPER
HORSEFLY
INCHWORM
LADYBUG
MEALWORM
STICKBUG
YELLOWJACKET

These insects have names that are compound words. Compound words can be broken into 2 separate words.

Try to find all 11 words on this board.

Y

G

Q

Y

Y

L

F

N

O

G

A

R

D

X

E

H

G

L

V

R

M

I

G

E

B

E

B

R

L

R

U

U

A

N

K

P

R

U

T

U

M

A

L

V

B

C

F

P

H

E

T

H

M

V

R

G

O

H

Y

O

V

N

F

T

O

B

O

Z

O

W

W

H

D

H

Z

G

E

R

L

J

G

O

W

S

J

K

A

Z

I

R

S

E

R

R

L

S

L

T

A

R

L

W

F

E

B

M

X

A

N

Z

A

H

C

E

R

L

F

E

S

R

A

H

C

E

E

N

K

A

Y

L

E

G

A

R

B

T

N

G

M

T

E

Q

Y

F

H

U

S

T

I

C

K

B

U

G

T

V

N

F

T

M

F

O

J

L

E

Y

G

M

Z

Brought to you by WordSearchFun.com

Answer Key for Compound Insects

X

Y

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

1

Y

#

#

#

Y

L

F

N

O

G

A

R

D

2

#

E

#

G

#

#

#

#

I

#

E

B

#

3

B

#

L

#

U

#

#

N

#

P

#

U

#

4

U

M

#

L

#

B

C

#

P

#

#

T

H

5

M

#

R

#

O

H

Y

O

#

#

#

T

O

6

B

#

#

O

W

W

H

D

#

#

G

E

R

7

L

#

#

O

W

S

J

#

A

#

I

R

S

8

E

#

R

#

S

L

#

A

#

L

W

F

E

9

B

M

#

A

#

#

A

#

C

#

R

L

F

10

E

#

R

#

#

#

#

E

#

K

A

Y

L

11

E

G

#

#

#

#

#

#

M

#

E

#

Y

12

#

#

#

S

T

I

C

K

B

U

G

T

#

13

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

Word	X	Y	Direction
BUMBLEBEE	1	3	s
BUTTERFLY	12	2	s
DRAGONFLY	12	1	w
EARWIG	11	11	n
GRASSHOPPER	2	9	ne
HORSEFLY	13	4	s
INCHWORM	8	1	sw
LADYBUG	10	8	nw
MEALWORM	9	11	nw
STICKBUG	4	12	e
YELLOWJACKET	7	7	se