INSECTS

6-letter Insects that contain A

Insects with exactly 6 letters that contain A — full profile for each.

You're looking for 6-letter insects containing A — here are 5 matches, each linked to a full profile.

List of 6-letter Insects that contain A

    1

    Chafer

    Melolontha melolontha (cockchafer) and related Scarabaeidae

    Large, clumsy, nocturnal beetles that blunder noisily into windows and lights on warm summer evenings — the adults are harmless leaf-grazers but the larvae (white C-shaped grubs) live in soil for 3–4 years eating plant roots, damaging lawns and crops; badgers and rooks dig up turf to find them.

    2

    Cicada

    Magicicada septendecim (and related species)

    A loud-singing insect spending 13 or 17 years underground as a nymph before emerging in massive synchronized broods to mate and die within weeks.

    3

    Earwig

    Forficula auricularia

    A nocturnal insect with prominent rear pincers and a famous (false) reputation for crawling into human ears, an attentive mother to its eggs and young.

    4

    Mantis

    Mantis religiosa (European mantis)

    A predatory insect with raptorial forelegs held in a "praying" posture, capable of swiveling its triangular head 180° and famous for the female's occasional sexual cannibalism.

    5

    Mayfly

    Ephemeroptera (order)

    Aquatic insects with brief winged adult lives — some species live just 24 hours, with massive synchronized emergences sometimes blanketing entire towns and serving as the model for fly fishing imitation flies.

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